Clinical Study

Effectiveness of a Global Multidisciplinary Supportive and Educational Intervention in Thermal Resort on Anthropometric and Biological Parameters, and the Disease-Free Survival after Breast Cancer Treatment Completion (PACThe)

Table 6

Prognostic value of biological parameters on disease-free survival over 7 years.

Parameters at allocation (n = 111)Median (quartiles)Threshold
≤1st quartile≤ Median≤3rd quartile

Cholesterol-HDL (mmol/l)1.78 [1.46–2.13](+)
Testosterone (nmol/l)0.7 [0.7–0.9]ND(−)(−)
CA 15-3 (kU/l)14 [10–20](−)(−)

Association of biological parameters at allocation with the recurrence risk was tested using a two-sided chi2 test. The nominal level of significance was 5%. + sign indicates that high values are in favour of a better prognosis, while – sign indicates that these high values worsen prognosis.