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. 2022 Mar 3;16:1364. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1364

Table 5. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses for OS and metastasis-free survival according to risk factors and treatments in patients of adjuvant schema (n = 304).

OS
Univariate Multivariate
Factor HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Lymphovascular invasion
Absent 1 1
Present 3.597 (1.878–6.890) 0.002 2.656 (1.331–5.299) 0.006
T
T1 1 1
T2 2.865 (1.378–5.957) 0.005 2.543 (1.197–5.405) 0.015
T3 1.281 (0.346–4.749) 0.711 0.590 (0.149–2.335) 0.453
T4 10.653 (3.536–32.093) <0.005 6.513 (1.972–21.513) 0.002
N
N0/N1 1 1
N2/N3 3.316 (1.885–5.833) <0.0005 1.995 (1.052–3.782) 0.034
Histological grade
G1/G2 1 1
G3 2.177 (1.191–3.980) 0.011 1.868 (0.955–3.652) 0.068
Molecular subtype
Luminal A 1 1
Luminal B 2.679 (1.249–5.748) 0.011 2.591 (1.177–5.706) 0.018
HER2 2.452 (0.971–6.196) 0.058 1.134 (0.374–3.433) 0.825
Triple-negative 3.045 (1.236–7.502) 0.015 4.029 (1.519–10.688) 0.005
Systemic treatment
No 1 1
Yes 0.558 (0.308–1.013) 0.055 0.532 (0.238–1.190) 0.124
Radiotherapy
No 1 1
Yes 0.915 (0.329–2.542) 0.864 1.222 (0.401–3.721) 0.724
DMFS
Lymphovascular invasion
Absent 1 1
Present 4.369 (2.236–8.535) 0.001 2.815 (1.333–5.941) 0.007
T
T1 1
T2 2.297 (1.163–4.539) 0.017
T3 1.106 (0.308–3.975) 0.877
T4 6.364 (2.014–20.110) 0.002
N
N0 1 1
N1 3.030 (1.470–6.247) 0.003 2.200 (1.019–4.749) 0.045
N2/N3 7.720 (3.787–15.737) <0.0005 4.451 (2.001–9.904) 0.004
Histological grade
G1/G2 1
G3 1.525 (0.797–2.919) 0.203
Molecular subtype
Luminal A 1 1
Luminal B 2.316 (1.106–4.849) 0.026 2.589 (1.195–5.608) 0.016
HER2 2.391 (0.993–5.760) 0.052 1.069 (0.388–2.943) 0.897
Triple-negative 2.118 (0.835–5.373) 0.114 2.996 (1.160–7.739) 0.023
Systemic treatment
No 1 1
Yes 0.456 (0.253–0.822) 0.009 0.430 (0.198–0.936) 0.033
Radiotherapy
No 1 1
Yes 0.536 (0.212–1.355) 0.188 0.407 (0.155–1.071) 0.069

G1 – well differentiated; G2 – moderately differentiated; G3 – poorly differentiated; N – lymph node metastasis; T – tumour size