Table 2.
Clinical symptoms of IBC patients from Egypt and the U.S.
| Egypt (n = 48) |
U.S. (n = 12) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | P-value | |
| Duration of symptoms (months)(27, 5) | |||||
| Median, Min – Max | 4.0, 0.5 – 48.7 | 1.0, 0.6 – 6.0 | 0.12a | ||
| Mean ± SD | 8.3 ± 10.6 | 2.1 ± 2.3 | |||
| Erythema(48, 6) | |||||
| Yes | 45 | (93.8) | 5 | (83.3) | |
| No | 3 | (6.2) | 1 | (16.7) | 0.38b |
| Edema(48, 5) | |||||
| Yes | 46 | (95.8) | 5 | (100.0) | |
| No | 2 | (4.2) | 0 | 1.00b | |
| Peau D’orange(42, 6) | |||||
| Yes | 39 | (92.9) | 4 | (66.7) | |
| No | 3 | (7.1) | 2 | (33.3) | 0.11b |
| Clinical symptoms(48, 7) c | |||||
| With all 3 symptoms | 37 | (77.1) | 2 | (28.6) | |
| With 1 or 2 symptoms | 11 | (22.9) | 5 | (71.4) | 0.02b |
| Palpable mass(42, 7) | |||||
| Yes | 35 | (83.3) | 5 | (71.4) | |
| No | 7 | (16.7) | 2 | (28.6) | 0.60b |
| Ulceration(42, 1) | |||||
| Yes | 5 | (11.9) | 1 | (100.0) | |
| No | 37 | (88.1) | 0 | 0.14b | |
a
Mann-Whitney's U-test;
b
Fisher's exact test;
c
The first group included cases with all 3 symptoms of erythema, edema, and peau d'orange, and the other group included all other cases with clinical information available.