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Table 1 The comparison of characteristics between chart review and algorithm determined cohort

From: New method for determining breast cancer recurrence-free survival using routinely collected real-world health data

Variable

Chart-review determined

Algorithm estimated recurrence

Entire cohort (N = 598) N(%)

Recurrence (N = 121) N(%)

P-value

High-accuracy (N = 116) N(%)

P-value^

High-PPV (N = 99) N(%)

P-value^

High-sensitivity (N = 144) N(%)

P-value^

Age (year)

Median (IQR)

40 (36–53)

40 (36–50)

0.545

40 (37–53)

0.436

40 (37–50)

0.883

40 (36–53)

0.405

Stage*

0-I

95 (15.9)

9 (7.4)

 < 0.0001

5 (4.3)

0.423

6 (6.1)

0.598

10 (6.9)

0.921

II

311 (52)

41 (33.9)

39 (33.6)

30 (30.3)

51 (35.4)

III

192 (32.1)

71 (58.7)

72 (62.1)

63 (63.6)

83 (57.6)

PR

Negative

223 (37.3)

51 (42.1)

0.216

54 (46.6)

0.332

41 (41.4)

0.89

63 (43.8)

0.688

Positive

375 (62.7)

70 (57.9)

62 (53.4)

58 (58.6)

81 (56.3)

ER

Negative

159 (26.6)

37 (30.6)

0.266

40 (34.5)

0.364

31 (31.3)

0.878

47 (32.6)

0.596

Positive

439 (73.4)

84 (69.4)

76 (65.5)

68 (68.7)

97 (67.4)

HER2*

Negative

437 (73.1)

98 (81)

0.028

93 (80.2)

0.82

79 (79.8)

0.761

112 (77.8)

0.324

Positive

161 (26.9)

23 (19)

23 (19.8)

20 (20.2)

32 (22.2)

Tumor histology

Ductal

538 (90)

106 (87.6)

0.349

98 (84.5)

0.595

83 (83.8)

0.478

125 (86.8)

0.949

Lobular

27 (4.5)

5 (4.1)

6 (5.2)

6 (6.1)

6 (4.2)

Others

33 (5.5)

10 (8.3)

12 (10.3)

10 (10.1)

13 (9.1)

Tumor grade

1

45 (7.5)

5 (4.1)

0.284

6 (4.2)

0.024

4 (4.0)

0.04

4 (3.5)

0.038

2

211 (35.3)

44 (36.3)

46 (31.9)

30 (30.3)

35 (30.2)

3

342 (57.2)

72 (59.5)

92 (63.9)

65 (65.7)

77 (66.4)

Surgery*

No surgery

5 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

0.002

1 (0.9)

0.370

1 (1)

0.052

5 (3.5)

0.135

BCS

159 (26.6)

18 (14.9)

13 (11.2)

7 (7.1)

23 (16)

Mastectomy

434 (72.6)

102 (84.3)

102 (87.9)

91 (91.9)

116 (80.6)

Chemotherapy

No

51 (8.5)

10 (8.3)

0.614

7 (6)

0.377

7 (7.1)

0.658

15 (10.4)

0.357

Yes

547 (91.5)

111 (91.7)

109 (94)

92 (92.9)

129 (89.6)

Hormone therapy

No

192 (32.1)

43 (35.5)

0.396

36 (31)

0.397

32 (32.3)

0.63

49 (34)

0.762

Yes

214 (35.8)

37 (30.6)

34 (29.3)

29 (29.3)

42 (29.2)

Unknown

192 (32.1)

41 (33.9)

46 (39.7)

38 (38.4)

53 (36.8)

Radiotherapy

No

209 (34.9)

40 (33.1)

0.587

36 (31)

0.658

31 (31.3)

0.718

48 (33.3)

0.573

Yes

194 (32.4)

44 (36.4)

40 (34.5)

34 (34.3)

47 (32.6)

Unknown

195 (32.6)

37 (30.6)

40 (34.5)

34 (34.3)

49 (34)

  1. * indicates the statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) between the recurrent and non-recurrent patients by univariate analysis based on chart review data
  2. ^ The p-values is for the statistical comparison between algorithm-estimated recurrence cohort and the chart review determined recurrence cohort