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Table 1 Description of the population by univariate logistic regression test using the demographic data

From: A model building exercise of mortality risk for Taiwanese women with breast cancer

 

Demographic Data

Factor

Death(%)

Odds Ratio

P

Marital status

 

1.334

N.S.

   Married (n = 1071)

67 (6.3%)

  

   Unmarried (n = 63)

3 (4.8%)

  

Education level

 

1.677

0.057

   Below junior high school (n = 685)

50 (7.3%)

  

   Above senior high school (n = 446)

20 (4.5%)

  

Menopause

 

1.925

0.008 *

   Premenopause (n = 397)

35 (8.8%)

  

   Others (n = 732)

35 (4.8%)

  

Hormone use

 

1.319

N.S.

   No (n = 798)

40 (5.0%)

  

   Yes (n = 104)

4 (3.8%)

  

Familial breast cancer history

 

0.732

N.S.

   No (n = 997)

59 (5.9%)

  

   Yes (n = 139)

11 (7.9%)

  

Underlying diseases

 

0.713

N.S.

   No (n = 577)

30 (5.2%)

  

   Yes (n = 560)

40 (7.1%)

  

Age (years)

 

0.378 (a v.s. c)

0.002 *

  

0.745 (b v.s. c)

N.S.

   36-60 (a) (n = 856)

42 (4.9%)

  

   61-85 (b) (n = 206)

19 (9.2%)

  

   20-35 (c) (n = 75)

9 (12%)

  
  1. Menopause: others, excluding premenopase, hysterectomy, and s/p ovarian.
  2. Age: others, concluding patients more than 58 or less than 36.
  3. N. S.: Statistically not significant