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Table 3 Multivariate analysis for predictors of recurrence based on the Cox proportional hazards regression model

From: Young age: an independent risk factor for disease-free survival in women with operable breast cancer

Variables

HR

95% Confidence interval

p

Age <35 years

1.7

1.14–2.61

0.010

Tumor size ≥ 2 cm

2.0

1.30–3.07

0.002

Lymph node-positive

3.8

2.64–5.67

<0.001

Nuclear grade 3

1.4

0.90–2.39

0.124

Histological grade 3

0.9

0.54–1.49

0.675

ER

1.1

0.77–1.63

0.549

PR

2.1

1.41–3.19

0.001

c-erbB2

1.4

1.04–2.05

0.030