Table 2 Metastasis free survival—comparison of the stratified hazard ratios

From: Prognostic value of Dicer expression in human breast cancers and association with the mesenchymal phenotype

 

Metastatic progression

 

TMA population

mRNA population

Subgroups

Metaprog/N

HR (95% CI) (2 vs 0/1)

Metaprog/N

HR (95% CI) (<=8 vs >8)

Overall

13/79

1.25 (0.38–4.05)

29/87

3.36 (1.43–7.92)

Adjusted effect on age

13/79

1.38 (0.42–4.51)a

29/85

3.60 (1.53–8.47)

Adjusted effect on menopause

13/79

1.19 (0.37–3.88)

29/86

3.24 (1.37–7.67)

Adjusted effect on pT

13/79

1.77 (0.53–5.93)

29/86

3.23 (1.36–7.65)

Adjusted effect on histological type

13/79

1.05 (0.32–3.42)a

29/86

2.99 (1.27–7.05)

Adjusted effect on SBR

13/79

0.96 (0.29–3.17)

28/81

3.14 (1.32–7.45)

Adjusted effect on N

13/79

1.19 (0.36–3.93)

29/87

2.77 (1.17–6.52)

Adjusted effect on ER (%)

13/79

0.84 (0.23–3.03)

28/84

3.14 (1.32–7.47)

Adjusted effect on PR (%)

13/79

0.90 (0.26–3.14)

29/86

3.23 (1.37–7.62)

Adjusted effect on HER2

13/79

1.34 (0.40–4.48)

21/64

2.26 (0.85–6.00)

Adjusted effect on luminal A

12/77

1.07 (0.30–3.83)

21/63

2.64 (0.99–7.00)

Adjusted effect on cancer subtype

12/77

0.76 (0.18–3.18)

21/63

2.59 (0.97–6.89)

  1. CI=confidence interval; ER=estrogen receptor; HR=hazard ratio; HER2=human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; N=lymph node status; PR=progesterone receptor; SBR=Scarff-Bloom-Richardson; TMA=tissue microarray.
  2. If HR>1, the patient has a higher risk to have a metastatic reccurrence at time t compared with the reference item.
  3. If HR <1, patient has a lower risk to have a metastatic reccurrence at time t compared with the reference item.
  4. Adjusting parameter statistically significant in the model.