Table 2. Socioeconomic, clinical, and therapeutic variables.
| Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| Up to 50 | 41 | 39.0 |
| 51 or more | 64 | 61.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| With partner | 51 | 48.6 |
| Without a partner | 54 | 51.4 |
| Level of education | ||
| Low level | 55 | 52.4 |
| High level | 50 | 47.6 |
| Occupation | ||
| Housewife | 63 | 60.0 |
| Works outside the home | 42 | 40.0 |
| Social Security | ||
| Economically active unemployed | 80 | 80.8 |
| Economically active occupied | 19 | 19.2 |
| Family income | ||
| Up to 2 minimum wages | 57 | 54.3 |
| Above 2 minimum wages | 48 | 45.7 |
| Social class | ||
| Class A | 1 | 1.0 |
| Class B | 2 | 1.9 |
| Class C | 13 | 12.4 |
| Class D | 32 | 30.5 |
| Class E | 57 | 54.3 |
| BMI | ||
| Eutrophic | 26 | 27.4 |
| Overweight | 43 | 45.3 |
| Obese | 26 | 27.4 |
| Clinical staging | ||
| Early stage (I-IIB) | 73 | 69.5 |
| Advanced stage(III-IV) | 32 | 30.5 |
| Follow-up after surgery | ||
| < 2 years | 69 | 65.7 |
| > 2 years | 36 | 34.3 |
| Type of Surgery | ||
| Mastectomy | 82 | 78.1 |
| Conservative | 23 | 21.9 |
| Axillary approach | ||
| SLN | 29 | 27.6 |
| Axillary dissection | 76 | 72.4 |
| Reconstruction | ||
| Yes | 5 | 6.2 |
| No | 76 | 93.8 |
| Seroma | ||
| Yes | 45 | 42.9 |
| No | 60 | 57.1 |
| Wound dehiscence and Necrosis | ||
| Yes | 30 | 28.8 |
| No | 74 | 71.2 |
BMI = body mass index, SLN = sentinel lymph node