Table 1.
Characteristic of participants among cases and controls in FHCSH, Northwest Ethiopia 2022 (n = 260)
| Category | Control (%) | Case (%) | Total | Mean/SD | X2(p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic Variables | ||||||
| Residence | Urban | 103 (70.1) | 44 (29.9) | 147 (56.5) | 0.22 | |
| Rural | 71 (62.8) | 42 (37.8) | 113 (43.5) | |||
| Age | 18–29 years | 73 (89.0) | 9 (11.0) | 82 (31.5) | 37.9/12.5 | 0.0001 |
| 30–49 years | 72 (57.6) | 53 (42.4) | 125 (48.1) | |||
| > 50 years | 29 (54.7) | 24 (45.3) | 53 (20.4) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 122 (69.7) | 53 (30.3) | 175 (67.3) | 0.270 | |
| Unmarried | 52 (61.2) | 33 (38.8) | 85 (32.7) | |||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 52 (52.0) | 48 (48.0) | 100 (38.4) | 0.000 | |
| Primary | 35 (66.0) | 18 (34.0) | 53 (20.4) | |||
| Secondary | 20 (64.5) | 11 (35.5) | 31 (11.9) | |||
| College and above | 67 (88.2) | 9 (11.8) | 76 (29.2) | |||
| Occupation | House wife | 43 (56.4) | 42 (49.4) | 85 (32.7) | 0.000 | |
| Self employed | 66 (71.0) | 27 (29.0) | 93 (35.7) | |||
| Government | 65 (79.3) | 17 (20.7) | 82 (31.5) | |||
| Religion | Orthodox | 164 (65.9) | 85 (34.1) | 249 (95.7) | 0.557 | |
| Others | 10 (90.9) | 1 (9.1) | 11 (4.2) | |||
| Monthly income | ≤ 1000 | 10 (40.0) | 15 (60.0) | 25 (9.6) | 0.010 | |
| 1001–3000 | 54 (65.1) | 29 (34.9) | 83 (31.9) | |||
| 3001–6000 | 62 (68.1) | 29 (31.9) | 91 (35.0) | |||
| > 6000 | 48 (78.7) | 13 (21.3) | 61 (23.5) | |||
| Behavioral and disease related characteristics | ||||||
| Disease stage | ||||||
| I | 7(8.1%) | |||||
| II | 27(31.4%) | |||||
| III | 24(27.9%) | |||||
| IV | 28(32.6%) | |||||
| Affected breast | ||||||
| Right | 32(37.2%) | |||||
| Left | 54(62.8%) | |||||
| Chest radiation therapy | Yes | 11 (30.6) | 25 (69.4) | 36 (13.8) | 0.001 | |
| No | 163 (72.8) | 61 (27.2) | 224 (86.1) | |||
| Physical activity | Sedentary | 5 (16.7) | 25 (83.3) | 30 (11.5) | 0.000 | |
| Light activity | 109 (71.2) | 44 (28.8) | 153 (58.8) | |||
| Moderate and above activity | 60 (77.9) | 17 (22.1) | 77 (29.6) | |||
| Dietary pattern | Healthy | 99 (64.3) | 55 (35.7) | 154 (59.2) | 0.274 | |
| Unhealthy | 75 (70.8) | 31 (29.2) | 106(40.8) | |||
| Nutritional status(BMI) | > 18.5kg/m2 | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) | 43 (16.5) | 21.8/2.6 | 0.000 |
| 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 | 146 (69.9) | 63 (30.1) | 209 (80.4) | |||
| >=25.0 kg/m2 | 18 (100.0) | 0 (0%) | 18 (6.9) | |||
| Smoking habit | Yes | 0 | 0 | |||
| No | 174 (66.9) | 86 (33.1) | 260(100) | |||
| Alcohol consumption | Never | 81 (92.0) | 7 (8.0) | 88(33.8) | 0.000 | |
| 1–3 times/month | 68 (80.9) | 16 (19.1) | 84(32.3) | |||
|
1–2 times/week 3-4times/ week |
23 (59.0) 2 (10.0) |
16 (41.0) 18 (90.0) |
39 (15.0) 20 (7.8) |
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| Daily | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 29(11.2) | |||
| Reproductive health related factors | ||||||
| Modern contraceptive | Yes | 129 (68.3) | 60 (31.7) | 189 (72.7) | 0.457 | |
| No | 45 (63.4) | 26 (36.6) | 71 (27.3) | |||
| History of child birth | Yes | 134 (64.4) | 74 (35.6) | 208 (80.0) | 0.087 | |
| No | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | 52 (20.0) | |||
| Age of menarche | ≤ 15 | 117 (70.1) | 50 (29.9) | 167 (64.2) | 0.152 | |
| > 15 | 57 (61.3) | 36 (38.7) | 93 (35.8) | |||
| Age at first child birth | 14–18 | 33 (54.7) | 29 (45.3) | 62 (23.8) | 0.087 | |
| 19–24 | 78 (67.8) | 37 (32.2) | 115 (44.2) | |||
| ≥ 25 | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | 29 (11.2) | |||
| Did you breastfeed any of your children? (n = 208) | Yes | 133 (65.5) | 70 (34.5) | 203 (97.6) | 0.102 | |
| No | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (1.9) | |||
| How long breastfeed your children? | ≤ 1year | 15 (27.3) | 40 (72.7) | 55 (21.2) | 0.000 | |
| > 1 year | 120 (78.4) | 33 (63.6) | 155 (58.8) | |||
| How many children do you have? | 0 | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | 52 (20.0) | 0.398 | |
| 1–3 | 75 (60.0) | 44 (37) | 119 (45.8) | |||
| ≥ 4 | 59 (66.3) | 30 (33.7) | 89 (34.2 ) | |||
| Menopause status | pre-menopause | 127 (70.6) | 53 (29.4) | 180 (69.2) | 0.064 | |
| post-menopause | 47 (58.8) | 33 (41.3) | 80 (30.7) | |||