Table 3 Clinical data characteristics of multifactor analysis and estimation of the metastasis risk of the development dataset.

From: Preoperative comprehensive risk estimation for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: development and verification of a network-based prediction model

Clinical data

nonmetastatic ALNs (n = 259)

metastatic ALNs (n = 272)

p-Value

OR[95%CI]

Score

Physical exam

Negative

238 (91.9)

189 (69.5)

Reference

Reference

0

Positive

21 (8.1)

83 (30.5)

0.0034

2.68(1.39–5.16)

0.984

Her-2/neu

Negative

211 (81.5)

176 (64.7)

Reference

Reference

0

Positive

48 (18.5)

96 (35.3)

0.0176

1.94(1.12–3.35)

0.6622

Ultrasound grades of ALNs

Negative

231 (89.2)

64 (23.5)

Reference

Reference

0

Positive

28 (10.8)

208 (76.5)

< 0.0001

23.82(14.11–40.2)

3.1703

LVI

Negative

191 (73.7)

109 (40.1)

Reference

Reference

0

Positive

68 (26.3)

163 (59.9)

< 0.0001

4.61(2.79–7.61)

1.5287