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Table 3 Cox regression analysis for disease-free and overall survival in tamoxifen-treated, hormone receptor positive patients

From: Tumour Fas ligand:Fas ratio greater than 1 is an independent marker of relative resistance to tamoxifen therapy in hormone receptor positive breast cancer

 

Disease-free survival analysis

Overall survival analysis

 

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Variable

P

RR (95% CI)

P

RR (95% CI)

P

RR (95% CI)

P

RR (95% CI)

Grading

0.151

1.7 (0.82–3.16)

-

-

0.015

2.81 (1.22–6.5)

0.025

2.69 (1.13–6.4)

Lymph node status

0.284

1.89 (0.59–6.03)

-

-

0.055

3.81 (1.02–14.3)

-

-

Tumour size

0.013

2.25 (1.18–4.26)

0.023

2.24 (1.12–4.5)

0.002

3.43 (1.56–7.56)

0.005

3.83 (1.51–9.72)

FasL : Fas ratio

0.013

3.4 (1.29–8.96)

0.027

3.0 (1.14–7.9)

0.042

3.59 (1.05–12.3)

0.043

3.65 (1.04–12.8)

  1. The analysis was conducted in 86 women. CI, confidence interval; FasL, Fas ligand; RR, relative risk.