Table 1: Fibroadenoma in African and African-American women.

	General Population* [1,2,3,5,6]	African (Ghana)†	African-American [4,7]
Proportion of benign breast lesions (%)	33	70	48
Peak age range (years)	20-24	16-20	16-25
Multifocality and bilaterality (%)	12-16	16	15
Mean size (range) (cm)	2.5	3.8 (1-9)	(0.5-10)
Giant FA (%) (>5cm)	2	22.5	n/a

^*Predominantly North American, mixed population,

^†Present study, n/a- not available

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