Table 4. Association between sociodemographic, clinical factors, histologic findings, and elastography findings.
ap-values computed by one-way ANOVA, bp-values computed by the chi-square test, n/c: p-values not computed due to constant, p-values < 0.05, and bolded means statistically significant
| Variable | Total (n=53) | Soft without Color Defect (n=13) | Soft with Color Defect (n=4) | Stiff without Color Defect (n=15) | Stiff with Color Defect (n=21) | p-value |
| Age (Years) (π ±SD) | 54.58 ±11.96 | 54.54 ±13.44 | 60.25 ±18.75 | 54.27 ±12.45 | 52.43 ±10.05 | 0.705a |
| Age Group (Years) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.339b |
| 20-39 | 5 (9.4) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (9.5) | - |
| 40-49 | 13 (24.5) | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (26.7) | 5 (23.8) | - |
| 50-59 | 16 (30.2) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (33.3) | 9 (42.9) | - |
| 60-69 | 13 (24.5) | 5 (38.5) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (20.0) | 4 (19.0) | - |
| 70-76 | 6 (11.3) | 1 (7.7) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (4.8) | - |
| Histology | - | - | - | - | - | 0.427b |
| Low-grade sarcoma | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | - |
| Metastasis from granulosa cell tumor | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | - |
| Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | - |
| Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | - |
| Invasive medullary carcinoma (IMC) | 5 (9.4) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | - |
| Invasive ductal carcinoma, no special type (IDC-NST) | 44 (83.0) | 10 (76.9) | 4 (100.0) | 10 (66.7) | 20 (95.2) | - |
| Histology Grade | - | - | - | - | - | 0.960b |
| Grade 1 | 8 (16.3) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (15.4) | 3 (14.3) | - |
| Grade II | 23 (46.9) | 6 (50.0) | 1 (33.3) | 5 (38.5) | 11 (52.4) | - |
| Grade III | 18 (36.7) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 6 (46.2) | 7 (33.3) | - |