Research Article

Study on Clinicopathological Features and Risk Factors of Patients with Multiple Primary Breast Cancers and Thyroid Disease

Table 4

Variable assignment of influencing factors for multiple primary breast cancers complicated with thyroid lesions.

VariableAssignment

Dependent variable
 Breast cancerSimple breast cancer = 0; combined thyroid lesions = 1
Independent variable
 Age≤35 years old, ≥60 years old = 0; 35–60 years = 1
 Menopausal statusNo menopause = 0; menopause = 1
 Nuclear proliferation antigen indexPositive = 0; negative = 1