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Table 3 Cox proportional hazards analysis for predictors of overall survival: effects of tumour grade, size, lymph node stage, oestrogen receptor status and FGFR1 amplification

From: FGFR1 amplification in breast carcinomas: a chromogenic in situhybridisation analysis

Variable

Hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

Gradea

2.13

1.32–3.44

0.002

Tumour size ≥1.5 cmb

2.17

1.06–4.44

0.034

Positive lymph node stage

3.52

2.17–5.72

<0.001

Positive oestrogen receptor status

0.44

0.26–0.74

0.002

FGFR1 amplification

2.00

1.02–3.92

0.043

  1. aFitted as a linear term; that is, an increase in risk for change in grade of one unit.
  2. bCompared with tumour size <1.5 cm.
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Breast Cancer Research

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