Table 9

Relation between node positivity (N+) and different tumour pathological parameters in patients 51–70 years of age

Examined parametersN+/presence of parameter (%)N+/absence of parameter (%)RR (CI)
CI, confidence interval; RR, risk ratio.
Tumour size >10 mm169/477 (35.4%)18/133 (13.5%)3.4 (2.0 to 5.9)
Vascular invasion143/335 (42.7%)44/275 (16%)3.9 (2.65 to 5.7)
Grade 2–3152/436 (34.9%)35/172 (20.3%)2.1 (1.4 to 3.2)
Multicentricity16/29 (55.2%)171/581 (29.4%)2.9 (1.4 to 6.2)
CD31 >100 vessels/×20 field67/185 (36.2%)89/316 (28.2%)1.4 (0.98 to 2.1)