Table 2.
Relationships between lymphedema and the other variables
|
Patient subgroups |
Lymphedema |
P
value
a
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
| Mean age (years) |
54 ± 12 |
53 ± 11 |
0.82 |
| Surgery - evaluation interval (months) |
34 ± 24 |
35 ± 17 |
0.84 |
| Surgery |
|
|
0.1 |
| Mastectomy |
3 |
32 (16.5) |
|
| Conservative surgery |
4 |
161 (83.5) |
|
| ALND incision |
|
|
0.04 |
| The same as the breast’s |
7 |
115 (59.5) |
|
| Separate |
0 |
78 (40.5) |
|
| Axilla status |
|
|
0.11 |
| Positive |
6 |
97 (50.2) |
|
| Negative |
1 |
96 (49.8) |
|
| Surgery in the dominant arm |
|
|
0.25 |
| Yes |
5 |
89 (46.1) |
|
| No |
2 |
104 (53.9) |
|
| Positive axilla (103): number of positive lymph nodes |
9 ± 10 |
5 ± 4 |
0.2 |
| Dissected lymph nodes |
16 ± 6 |
14 ± 4 |
0.36 |
| Postoperative seroma |
|
|
0.02 |
| Yes |
3 |
17 (8.8) |
|
| No | 4 | 176 (91.2) | |
aFisher’s exact test for binary nominal variables and the Mann-Whitney test for continuous numeric variables.
ALND: axillary lymph node dissection.