Plasma level of LDL-cholesterol at diagnosis is a predictor factor of breast tumor progression

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Cox multivariate regression model for disease-free survival

Variable	HR	95% CI	P value
Tumor T stage (≥T2)	0,822	0,264-2,565	0,736
Tumor N stage (≥N1)	0,551	0,201-1,515	0,248
LDL-C (> 117 mg/dL)	0,129	0,017-0,978	0,048
Luminal A (yes)	0,599	0,072-5,017	0,637
Luminal B (yes)	0,532	0,047-6,026	0,610
Triple negative (yes)	0,128	0,015-1,111	0,062
HER2 type (yes)^a	–	–	–

^aDegree of freedom reduced because of constant or linearly dependent covariates.
LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein; T and N: TNM stages; HR: hazard ratio, CI: confidence interval.

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