Table 3 Univariate analysis of prognostic factors for distant disease-free survival in 200 premenopausal patients with lymph node-negative breast cancer

From: The prognostic value of Ki67 is dependent on estrogen receptor status and histological grade in premenopausal patients with node-negative breast cancer

Factor

Distant recurrence

Hazard ratio

95% Confidence interval

P-value

 

No.

%

   

Ki67

 Low

15

11

1.0

  

 High

17

27

2.7

1.3–5.4

0.005

Age, years

  

0.91

0.85–0.96

0.001

Age, years

 ≥50

3

6

1.0

  

 <50

29

19

3.5

1.1–11

0.04

Size, mm

 ≤20

20

13

1.0

  

 >20

12

24

2.0

0.95–4.0

0.07

Histological grade a

 1

5

8

1.0

  

 2

10

14

1.8

0.61–5.2

0.29

 3

17

25

3.4

1.3–9.3

0.02

Histological grade

 1+2

15

12

1.0

  

 3

17

25

2.4

1.2–4.9

0.01

Histological grade

 1

5

8

1.0

  

 2+3

27

20

2.6

0.99–6.7

0.05

ER

 Positive

15

11

1.0

  

 Negative

17

25

2.4

1.2–4.9

0.01

PR

 Positive

16

11

1.0

  

 Negative

16

28

3.0

1.5–5.9

0.002

HER2

 Negative

17

10

1.0

  

 Positive

11

50

6.7

3.1–14

<0.001

  1. aHistological grade analyzed as grade 2 vs grade 1 and grade 3 vs grade 1.