Table 3. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the pa- tients participating in the study .
| Quantitative variables | X ± SD |
| Age | 54.86 ± 12.17 |
| Median (min-max) | |
| 54.00 (24.00-84.00) | |
| Qualitative variables | n (%) |
| Work at work | |
| No | 99 (90.8) |
| Yes | 10 (9.2) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 15 (14.3) |
| Married | 90 (85.7) |
| Education status | |
| No | 26 (23.9) |
| Yes | 83 (76.1) |
| Cancer in the family | |
| No | 83 (76.1) |
| Yes | 26 (23.9) |
| Menopause | |
| Pre | 41 (37.6) |
| Post | 68 (62.4) |
| Additional disease | |
| No | 72 (66.1) |
| Yes | 37 (33.9) |
| Breast location | |
| Left | 67 (61.5) |
| Right | 42 (38.5) |
| Pathology type | |
| Invasive ductal carcinoma | 95 (872.) |
| Others (mucinous, etc) | 14 (12.8) |
| Tumor Stage (AJCC 2009 stage) | |
| 1 | 11 (10.1) |
| 2 | 38 (34.9) |
| 3 | 52 (47.7) |
| 4 | 8 (7.3) |
| Lymph node (AJCC 2009 stage) | |
| 0 | 11 (10.1) |
| 1 | 6 (5.5) |
| 2 | 42 (38.5) |
| 3 | 50 (45.9) |
| Stages | |
| 1 | 1 (0.9) |
| 2 | 13 (12.0) |
| 3 | 94 (87.1) |
| Estrogen status | |
| Negative | 16 (14.7) |
| Positive | 93 (85.3) |
| Progesterone status | |
| Negative | 27 (24.8) |
| Positive | 82 (75.2) |
| HER status | |
| Negative | 96 (88.1) |
| Positive | 13 (11.9) |
| Surgical condition | |
| Modified radical mastectomy | 37 (33.9) |
| Breast conserving surgery | 72 (66.1) |
| Chemotherapy | |
| No | 3 (2.8) |
| Yes | 106 (97.2) |
| Hormone therapy | |
| No | 16 (14.7) |
| Yes | 93 (85.3) |
| x: Arithmetic mean, SD: Standard deviation. | |