Table 3 Prognostic value of immune cell types in TCGA TNBC (multivariate).

From: CIBERSORT analysis of TCGA and METABRIC identifies subgroups with better outcomes in triple negative breast cancer

Model

OS HR (95% CI) pvalue (continuous)

OS HR (95% CI) pvalue (high vs. low) (rows 1-5 and 6-10: 0.25 * sd) (rows 11-13: cluster analysis)

DFS HR (95% CI) pvalue (continuous)

DFS HR (95% CI) pvalue (high vs. low) (rows 1-5 and 6-10: 0.25 * sd) (rows 11-13: cluster analysis)

CD8 T cells

0.000067 (2.2e−08 to 0.20)

0.019

0.19 (0.039–0.87)

0.033

0.067 (7.2e−04 to 6.22)

0.24

0.51 (0.21–1.22)

0.13

Pathologic stage

10.15 (3.51 to 29.35)

1.9e−05

9.25 (2.71–31.61)

0.00039

5.90 (2.73 to 12.77)

6.6e−06

4.95 (1.99–12.36)

0.00060

Age at pathologic diagnosis

0.91 (0.86 to 0.98)

0.0077

0.91 (0.85–0.98)

0.0084

0.95 (0.90 to 1.01)

0.083

0.94 (0.89–1.01)

0.070

Menopause status

2.55 (0.82 to 7.93)

0.11

3.16 (0.88–11.32)

0.077

1.74 (0.61 to 4.97)

0.30

1.77 (0.58–5.37)

0.31

Ethnicity

1.69 (0.50 to 5.71)

0.40

2.16 (0.51–9.20)

0.30

1.66 (0.58 to 4.73)

0.34

2.25 (0.71–7.18)

0.17

CD4 memory activated T cells

0.000047

(3.7e−12 to 579.37)

0.23

0.70 (0.21–2.34)

0.56

0.0000054

(4.27e−12 to 6.88)

0.091

0.61 (0.23–1.61)

0.32

Pathologic stage

5.98 (2.39 to 14.98)

0.00013

7.63 (2.36–24.72)

0.00070

5.21 (2.45 to 11.11)

0.000019

7.49 (2.72–20.65)

0.00010

Age at pathologic diagnosis

0.92 (0.86 to 0.99)

0.017

0.92 (0.85–1.00)

0.050

0.94 (0.89 to 1.00)

0.052

0.94 (0.88–1.00)

0.064

Menopause status

2.46 (0.70 to 8.64)

0.16

1.33 (0.37–4.71)

0.66

2.01 (0.67 to 6.02)

0.21

1.24 (0.41–3.74)

0.71

Ethnicity

2.34 (0.64 to 8.60)

0.20

1.93 (0.45–8.29)

0.38

1.53 (0.54 to 4.32)

0.42

1.31 (0.43–4.02)

0.64

CD8/CD4 (cluster analysis)

 

0.21 (0.045–0.97)

0.045

 

0.41 (0.16–1.07)

0.068

Pathologic stage

 

6.78 (2.31–19.96)

0.00051

 

4.46 (1.84–10.80)

0.00094

Age at pathologic diagnosis

 

0.95 (0.90–1.00)

0.053

 

0.97 (0.92–1.01)

0.14

  1. Bold: pvalue < 0.05.
  2. TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas; TNBC: triple negative breast cancer; OS: overall survival; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; DFS: disease free survival; sd: standard deviation.