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Table 2 Multivariate analyses of predictors for distant disease-free survival and overall survival (n = 582)

From: Minimal prognostic significance of sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with cT1–2 and cN0 breast cancer

Factor

HR

(95% CI)

p value

Age (≤ 55 vs. > 55)

1.3

(0.55–3.33)

0.56

T factor (T2 vs. T1)

1.56

(0.66–3.64)

0.3

SLN factor (SLN+ vs. SLN−)

1.42

(0.56–3.36)

0.44

ER (positive vs. negative)

0.81

(0.26–2.7)

0.73

PgR (positive vs. negative)

1.21

(0.42–3.82)

0.73

HER2 (positive vs. negative)

0.64

(0.20–1.69)

0.38

Nuclear grade (3 vs. 1, 2)

1.39

(0.53–3.64)

0.51

Ki67

 Ki67 (< 14% vs. ≥ 14%)

3.16

(0.99–14.02)

0.051

 Ki67 (continuous value)

1.03

(1.01–1.05)

0.017

Adjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs. no)

1.2

(0.48–3.09)

0.69

Adjuvant radiotherapy (yes vs. no)

0.71

(0.31–1.69)

0.29

  1. ER estrogen receptor, PgR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal receptor 2, SLN sentinel lymph node