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Table 4 Cox regression analysis for disease-free and overall survival in postmenopausal 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

0.107

1.42 (0.93–2.17)

-

-

0.015

1.81 (1.12–2.91)

0.059

1.58 (0.98–2.56)

Lymph node status

0.05

1.97 (1.01–3.87)

-

-

0.134

1.83 (0.83–4.05)

-

-

Tumour size

0.001

1.85 (1.27–2.7)

0.003

1.79 (1.22–2.64)

0.001

2.11 (1.38–3.23)

0.002

1.97 (1.27–3.03)

ER status

0.774

1.12 (0.53–2.34)

-

-

0.903

0.95 (0.4–2.24)

-

-

PgR status

0.19

0.65 (0.34–1.23)

-

-

0.558

0.8 (0.37–1.7)

-

-

FasL : Fas ratio

0.01

2.29 (1.22–4.32)

0.028

2.04 (1.08–3.85)

0.187

1.65 (0.78–3.46)

-

-

  1. The analysis was conducted in 148 women. CI, confidence interval; ER, oestrogen receptor; FasL, Fas ligand; PgR, progesterone receptor; RR, relative risk.