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Table 3 Multivariate survival analyses (Cox regression model) in node-positive breast cancer (n = 77)

From: Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha in high-risk breast cancer: an independent prognostic parameter?

 

Distant metastasis-free survival

Disease-free survival

Overall survival

 

P

Relative risk (95% confidence interval)

P

Relative risk (95% confidence interval)

P

Relative risk (95% confidence interval)

Age

      

   > 50 years versus < 50 years

0.14

0.50 (0.20–1.26)

0.20

0.56 (0.23–1.36)

0.13

0.43 (0.15–1.29)

T stage

      

   T3/T4 versus T1/T2

0.01

3.16 (1.32–7.58)

0.03

2.57 (1.08–6.11)

0.03

3.03 (1.08–8.51)

Estrogen receptor

      

   Positive versus negative

0.32

0.64 (0.26–1.56)

0.18

0.54 (0.22–1.33)

-

 

Number of positive lymph nodes

      

   4+ versus 1–3

0.02

4.06 (1.17–14.01)

0.02

4.42 (1.28–15.32)

0.16

3.00 (0.64–13.97)

hif-1α expression

      

   Yes versus no

0.18

1.94 (0.73–5.17)

0.30

1.68 (0.62–4.47)

0.09

2.66 (0.83–8.51)

  1. hif-1α, hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha.