Table 5.
Differences in age between patients and their relatives at time of initial breast cancer diagnosis
| Family members | Relatives with breast cancer
|
Relatives with ovarian cancer | Total all relatives* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–5 years difference n (%) |
6–10 years difference n (%) |
>11 years difference n (%) |
P-value* | Inadequate information | ||||
| Patients | 69 (27.6) | 44 (17.6) | 137 (54.8) | 117 | 37 | 404 | ||
| Family members | ||||||||
| Daughter | 2 (18.2) | 2 (18.2) | 7 (63.6) | 0.48 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Sister | 29 (36.7) | 14 (17.7) | 36 (45.6) | 23 | 8 | 110 | ||
| Mother | 17 (22.7) | 18 (24.0) | 40 (53.3) | 5 | 7 | 87 | ||
| Father | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 1 | 2 | |||
| Aunt | 14 (24.1) | 7 (12.1) | 37 (63.8) | 53 | 12 | 123 | ||
| Uncle | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 1 | 2 | |||
| Grandmother | 7 (28.0) | 3 (12.0) | 15 (60.0) | 33 | 10 | 68 | ||
| Family relationship | ||||||||
| First-degree | 48 (28.9) | 34 (20.5) | 84 (50.6) | 0.12 | 30 | 15 | 211 | |
| Second-degree | 21 (25.0) | 10 (11.9) | 53 (63.1) | 87 | 22 | 193 | ||
Note:
*
Statistically significant differences between the three groups (using Fisher’s exact test).