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