From: Impact of preoperative anemia on relapse and survival in breast cancer patients
 | LRFS | LNMFS | DMFS | RFS | OS |  |  |  |  |  |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | HR (95% CI) | P | HR (95% CI) | P | 95% CI | P | 95% CI | P | 95% CI | P |
T stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
    T1 | Ref |  | NS | NS | Ref |  | Ref |  | Ref |  |
    T2 | 1.045 (0.532–2.050) | 0.899 | NS | NS | 1.333 (0.962–1.847) | 0.084 | 1.287 (0.976–1.697) | 0.074 | 1.291 (0.925–1.803) | 0.134 |
    ≥T3 | 2.676 (1.267–5.653) | 0.010 | NS | NS | 1.983 (1.347–2.920) | 0.001 | 2.021 (1.455–2.807) | <0.001 | 2.020 (1.371–2.975) | <0.001 |
N stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
    N0 | Ref |  | Ref |  | Ref |  | Ref |  | Ref |  |
    N1 | 2.601 (1.366–4.963) | 0.004 | 2.235 (1.366–3.657) | 0.001 | 2.040 (1.493–2.788) | <0.001 | 2.009 (1.544–2.615) | <0.001 | 1.942 (1.404–2.687) | <0.001 |
    N2 | 2.708 (1.122–6.534) | 0.027 | 3.742 (2.058–6.805) | <0.001 | 3.484 (2.358–5.147) | <0.001 | 3.016 (2.152–4.225) | <0.001 | 4.200 (2.854–6.181) | <0.001 |
    N3 | 2.450 (0.859–6.989) | 0.094 | 2.045 (0.912–4.487) | 0.083 | 4.822 (3.175–7.323) | <0.001 | 3.856 (2.672–5.565) | <0.001 | 5.083 (3.307–7.812) | <0.001 |
    ER |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
    Negative | Ref |  | NS | NS | Ref |  | Ref |  | Ref |  |
    Positive | 0.525 (0.261–1.057) | 0.071 | NS | NS | 0.670 (0.479–0.937) | 0.019 | 0.726 (0.547–0.965) | 0.027 | 0.845 (0.598–1.194) | 0.340 |
    Strongly positive | 0.340 (0.144–0.803) | 0.014 | NS | NS | 0.804 (0.537–1.206) | 0.292 | 0.757 (0.534–1.074) | 0.119 | 0.566 (0.360–0.890) | 0.014 |
PR | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
    Negative | Ref |  | NS | NS | NS | NS | Ref | NS | NS | NS |
    Positive | 1.709 (0.826–3.535) | 0.149 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 1.409 (1.066–1.861) | 0.016 | NS | NS |
    Strongly positive | 2.989 (1.236–7.228) | 0.015 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.899 (0.611–1.322) | 0.588 | NS | NS |
HER-2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
    Negative | Ref |  | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
    Positive | 2.179 (1.232–3.855) | 0.007 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
    Strongly positive | 0.651 (0.292–1.451) | 0.294 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Hormonal therapy | NS | NS | 0.537 (0.335–0.859) | 0.009 | NS | NS | 0.733 (0.575–0.933) | 0.012 | 0.682 (0.503–0.926) | 0.014 |
Anemia | 4.939 (2.875–8.484) | <0.001 | 5.160 (3.428–7.767) | <0.001 | 3.192 (2.489–4.094) | <0.001 | 4.104 (3.310–5.089) | <0.001 | 2.849 (2.205–3.680) | <0.001 |