Table 3.

Summary of HRs for number of +LNs stratified by change point of 5 +LNs for overall survival and disease-free survival and subdistributional HRs for locoregional recurrence and distant metastases

	HR/sHR	95% CI	P value
Overall survival
0–5 +LNs	1.21	1.1, 1.34	<.001
≥6 +LNs	1.02	1.01, 1.06	<.001
Disease-free survival
0–5 +LNs	1.19	1.08, 1.30	<.001
≥6 +LNs	1.04	1.02, 1.06	<.001
Locoregional recurrence
0–5 +LNs	1.28	1.10, 1.50	<.001
≥6 +LNs	1.00	0.96, 1.04	.98
Distant metastasis
0–5 +LNs	1.10	1.01, 1.20	.028
≥6 +LNs	1.05	1.02, 1.08	.003

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio (expressed as 1 unit increment); LN = lymph node; sHR = subdistributional HR.