Characteristics and Determinants of Patients Discontinuation of Breast Cancer Follow-Up Care at the Radiation Oncology Department, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 4

Cox regression analysis of hazard ratios of predictors of discontinuation of breast cancer patients seen at UCH, Ibadan, 2001-2010.

Variable	HR	95CI	P-value
Development of metastasis
There is metastasis	1.793	1.396-2.302	<0.001
No metastasis	1.00
Baseline packed cell volume (PCV)
Low (anaemia)	1.404	1.120-1.760	0.005
Normal (no anaemia)	1.00
Stage at presentation (Manchester stage)
Early stage (Stage I&II)	1.310	1.047-1.639	0.015
Late stage (Stage III&IV)	1.00
Duration of symptoms before diagnosis
≤ 12 months	0.833	0.660-1.051	0.123
> 12 months	1.00
Menopausal status
Premenopausal patients	1.063	0.794-1.425	0.680
Postmenopausal patients	1.00
Age
Younger patients	1.415	1.044-1.917	0.52
Older patients	1.00
Marital status
Not Married	1.256	0.964-1.637	0.091
Married	1.00

CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; 1.00 = reference category.