Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Dai, Danian; Chen, Bo; Wang, Bin; Tang, Hailin; Li, Xing; Zhao, Zhiping; Li, Xuan; Xie, Xiaoming; Wei, Weidong

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Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients

Danian Dai^1*, Bo Chen^1*, Bin Wang^2*, Hailin Tang¹, Xing Li¹, Zhiping Zhao³, Xuan Li¹, Xiaoming Xie^1✉, Weidong Wei^1✉

1. Department of Breast Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China;
2. Institute of Life Science, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China;
3. Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
*These authors have contributed equally to this work.

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Dai D, Chen B, Wang B, Tang H, Li X, Zhao Z, Li X, Xie X, Wei W. Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients. J Cancer 2016; 7(12):1747-1754. doi:10.7150/jca.15776. https://www.jcancer.org/v07p1747.htm

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Purpose: Previous studies have reported that the triacylglycerol (TG) level and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are connected with breast cancer. However, the prognostic utility of the TG level and the TG/HDL-C ratio (THR) as conventional biomarkers in patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has not been elucidated. In this research, we investigate and compare the predictive value of the pretreatment serum TG level and THR in TNBC patients.

Methods: We evaluated 221 patients with TNBC who had pretreatment conventional blood biochemical examinations and calculated the THR. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to assess the effect of the TG level and the THR on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS).

Results: The optimal cutoff values of the TG level and the THR were determined to be 0.935 mmol/L and 0.600, respectively. As shown in a Kaplan-Meier analysis, TNBC patients with a high TG level and THR had shorter OS and DFS than patients in the low-level groups (p < 0.05). The multivariate analysis suggested that the pretreatment THR level is an independent prognostic factor of OS (HR: 1.935; 95%CI: 1.032-3.629; p = 0.040) in TNBC patients.

Conclusions: In conclusion, our data indicate that a high THR is an independent predictor and is superior to the TG level for predicting poor clinical outcomes in TNBC patients.

Keywords: triple negative breast cancer, TG, THR, TNBC, prognostic factor.

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Dai, D., Chen, B., Wang, B., Tang, H., Li, X., Zhao, Z., Li, X., Xie, X., Wei, W. (2016). Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients. Journal of Cancer, 7(12), 1747-1754. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.15776.

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Dai, D.; Chen, B.; Wang, B.; Tang, H.; Li, X.; Zhao, Z.; Li, X.; Xie, X.; Wei, W. Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients. J. Cancer 2016, 7 (12), 1747-1754. DOI: 10.7150/jca.15776.

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Dai D, Chen B, Wang B, Tang H, Li X, Zhao Z, Li X, Xie X, Wei W. 2016. Pretreatment TG/HDL-C Ratio Is Superior to Triacylglycerol Level as an Independent Prognostic Factor for the Survival of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients. J Cancer. 7(12):1747-1754.

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