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. 2007 Jan 25;9(1):R10. doi: 10.1186/bcr1643

Table 1.

Characteristics of male breast cancer patients

Characteristic No second cancer Second cancer Total P value
Age (mean years (SD)) 64.16 (12.90) 66.90 (9.72) 64.47 (12.61) 0.0002
Follow-up (mean years (SD)) 4.39 (3.74) 4.38 (3.31) 4.39 (3.69) 0.9405
Age (median years (IQR) 66.00 (55.00–74.00) 68.00 (61.00–73.00) 66.00 (56.00–74.00)
Follow-up (median years (IQR) 3.35 (1.33–6.69) 3.39 (1.46–6.82) 3.36 (1.33–6.72)
Age (no. of subjects (percent))
 <60 years 577 (33.84) 41 (18.55) 618 (32.09) <0.0001
 60 to 69 years 458 (26.86) 89 (40.27) 547 (28.04)
 70+ years 670 (39.30) 91 (41.18) 761 (39.51)
Follow-up (no. of subjects (percent))
 <1 year 342 (20.06) 42 (19.00) 384 (19.94) 0.4921
 1 to 5 years 731 (42.87) 88 (39.82) 819 (42.52)
 >5 years 632 (37.07) 91 (41.18) 723 (37.54)
Race (no. of subjects (percent))
 Non-Hispanic white 1,272 (74.60) 182 (82.35) 1,454 (75.49) 0.0117
 Other 433 (25.40) 39 (17.65) 472 (24.51)
Total (no. of subjects (percent)) 1,705 (88.53) 221 (11.47) 1,926 (100.00)

A p value < 0.05 means statistically significant. IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.