A Novel Predictive Nomogram including Serum Lipoprotein a Level for Nonsentinel Lymph Node Metastases in Chinese Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases

Table 2

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with the incidence of non-SLN metastases.

Clinical variables
Univariable analysis
Age	0.072
Pathologic size	0.083
Tumor type (ductal vs. lobular)	0.999
Lymphovascular invasion (yes vs. no)	0.160
Multifocality (yes vs. no)	0.332
Estrogen-receptor status (yes vs. no)	0.195
Grade (I/II vs. III)	0.521
No. of positive SLN	0.015
No. of negative SLN	0.008
WBC	0.743
Neu	0.781
Lym	0.995
PLT	0.896
NLR	0.690
PLR	0.804
CEA	0.152
CA125	0.115
CA153	0.547
Chol	0.857
TG	0.404
LDL-c	0.325
HDL-c	0.303
ApoA	0.909
ApoB	0.628
ApoE	0.950
Lp(a)	0.130
Multivariable analysis
No. of positive SLN	0.009
No. of negative SLN	0.009
Pathologic size	0.038
Lp(a)	0.028