Table 2.
Socio-demographic and medical characteristics of the overall study sample (N = 568) and those of the subsamples of women whose responses to the Breast and Body Image Scale (BBIS) were complete (N = 517) and those whose questionnaires had missing values (N = 51)
| All women N (%) | Women with no MVs in the BBIS N (%) | Women with MVs in the BBIS N (%) |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-valuea | adj ORb | CI 95% | p-value | ||||
| Age (yrs) |
|
|
|
<0.01 |
|
|
0.44 |
| ≤30 |
105 (18.5) |
102 (19.7) |
3 (5.9) |
|
0.29 |
0.04 – 1.27 |
|
| 31-40 |
205 (36.1) |
195 (37.7) |
10 (19.6) |
|
0.62 |
0.22 – 1.71 |
|
| 41-50 |
152 (26.8) |
136 (26.3) |
16 (31.4) |
|
0.75 |
0.30 – 1.93 |
|
| >50 |
106 (18.7) |
84 (16.2) |
22 (43.1) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Level of education |
|
|
|
<0.01 |
|
|
<0.01 |
| Less than high school certificate level |
139 (24.5) |
111 (21.5) |
28 (54.9) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| High school certificate |
110 (19.4) |
103 (19.9) |
7 (13.7) |
|
0.29 |
0.09 – 0.80 |
|
| Above high school level certificate |
316 (55.6) |
301 (58.2) |
15 (29.4) |
|
0.24 |
0.09 – 0.60 |
|
| MVs |
3 (0.5) |
2 (0.4) |
1 (2.0) |
|
|
|
|
| Living with a partner |
|
|
|
0.22 |
|
|
0.28 |
| No |
127 (22.4) |
119 (23.0) |
8 (15.7) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Yes |
426 (75.0) |
384 (74.3) |
42 (82.4) |
|
1.79 |
0.65 – 6.25 |
|
| MVs |
15 (2.6) |
14 (2.7) |
1 (2.0) |
|
|
|
|
| Body Mass Index class |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
0.70 |
| <18.5 Underweight |
33 (5.8) |
30 (5.8) |
3 (5.9) |
|
1.83 |
0.39 – 6.26 |
|
| 18.5-24.9 Normal weight |
379 (66.7) |
354 (68.5) |
25 (49.0) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| 25.0-29.9 Overweight |
116 (20.4) |
97 (18.8) |
19 (37.3) |
|
 1.04* |
0.44 –*2.34 |
|
| ≥30 Obesity |
26 (4.6) |
24 (4.6) |
2 (3.9) |
|
|
||
| MVs |
14 (2.5) |
12 (2.3) |
2(3.9) |
|
|
|
|
| Regular gynecological follow-up |
|
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
0.61 |
| No |
58 (10.2) |
50 (9.7) |
8 (15.7) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Yes |
506 (89.1) |
463 (89.6) |
43 (84.3) |
|
0.72 |
0.16 – 2.33 |
|
| MVs |
4 (0.7) |
4 (0.8) |
0 (0.0) |
|
|
|
|
| Breast self-examination |
|
|
|
0.75 |
|
|
0.44 |
| No |
303 (53.3) |
277 (53.6) |
26 (51.0) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Yes |
257 (45.2) |
233 (45.1) |
24 (47.1) |
|
0.75 |
0.35 – 1.57 |
|
| MVs |
8 (1.4) |
7 (1.4) |
1 (2.0) |
|
|
|
|
| Depressive symptoms (score CES-D ≥ 23) (QD15) |
|
|
|
0.57 |
|
|
0.38 |
| No |
434 (76.4) |
405 (78.3) |
29 (56.9) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Yes |
96 (16.9) |
88 (17.0) |
8 (15.7) |
|
1.49 |
0.59 – 3.46 |
|
| MVs |
38 (6.7) |
24 (4.6) |
14 (27.5) |
|
|
|
|
|
BRCA1/2 mutation |
|
|
|
0.77 |
|
|
0.26 |
| Non carriers |
323 (56.9) |
293 (56.7) |
30 (58.8) |
|
1 |
- |
|
| Carriers | 245 (43.1) | 224 (43.3) | 21 (41.2) | 1.52 | 0.73 – 3.19 | ||
MVs: missing values; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Depression Scale; QD15: questionnaire filled in 15 days after test result disclosure.
*The body mass index classes “25.5-29.9 Overweight” and “≥30 Obesity” were pooled to obtain more accurate estimates.
a p-value in univariate tests comparing the distributions of the sociodemographic and medical characteristics according to the status MVs / no MVs in the BBIS.
b Adjusted odds ratio of the excess risk of having missing values in the BBIS.