Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical features of women with breast cancer submitted to MRM+IBR(n = 26) or BCT (n = 44).
| Characteristic | MRM+IBR | BCT | p-value |
| Age (years)* | 47.6 (7.4) | 50.2 (7.3) | 0.161 |
| Education level (years of schooling)* | 7.6 (3.3) | 6.3 (3.5) | 0.141 |
| Race/ethnicity# | 0.282 | ||
| White | 7 (27) | 15 (34) | |
| Other | 19 (73) | 29 (66) | |
| Marital status# | 0.832 | ||
| Single | 5 (19) | 8 (18) | |
| Married | 10 (38) | 21 (48) | |
| Cohabiting | 4 (15) | 7 (16) | |
| Separated/divorced | 3 (12) | 2 (5) | |
| Smoker# | 0.532 | ||
| yes | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | |
| no | 26 (100) | 42 (95) | |
| Monthly family income ($US)* | 430.45 (241.75) | 490.31 (432.22) | 0.491 |
| Employment status# | 1.002 | ||
| In paid employment | 7 (27) | 11 (25) | |
| Housewife | 16 (62) | 28 (64) | |
| Retired | 3 (12) | 5 (11) | |
| Body index mass (kg/m2)# | 0.172 | ||
| <25 | 12 (48) | 13 (30) | |
| 25–30 | 10 (40) | 18 (41) | |
| ≥30 | 3 (12) | 13 (30) | |
| Menopausal status# | 0.412 | ||
| Premenopausal | 4 (15) | 3 (7) | |
| Postmenopausal | 22 (85) | 41 (93) |
*
Values expressed as means (± SD)
#
Values expressed as N (%)
1
Student's t test
2
Fisher's exact test