. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 24.

Published in final edited form as: Breast Dis. 2010;31(1):33–41. doi: 10.3233/BD-2009-0296

Table 1.

Demographic and reproductive characteristics of breast cancer in Tanzania, 2007–2009

Variables by level	Total distribution (Total N = 488)		Stage 1 & 2 (Total N = 33, 9.27%)		Stage 3 & 4 (Total N = 323, 90.73%)		Early vs. late stage P-value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age at Diagnosis^(474,33,315)
Mean ± SD	49.39 ± 13.30	–	45.27 ± 13.87	–	49.81 ± 12.99	–	0.059^a
Range	19–100	–	24–80	–	28–100	–
Sex^(488,33,323)
Female	474	97.13	33	100	312	96.59	0.609^b
Male	14	2.87	0	0	11	3.41
Menopausal Status^(462,33,306)
Pre-menopausal	233	50.43	22	66.67	148	48.37	0.046^c
Post-menopausal	229	49.57	11	33.33	158	51.63
Number of Children ^(387,26,271)
Mean ± SD	4.12 ± 2.67	–	4.65 ± 3.59	–	3.99 ± 2.52	–	0.216^a
Range	0–16	–	0–15	–	0–16	–
Marital Status^(340,22,241)
Married	221	65	15	68.18	152	63.07	0.119^c
Single	27	7.94	4	18.18	19	7.88
Divorced/Widowed /Separated	92	27.06	3	13.64	70	29.05
[3pt] Region^(256,l4,174)
Dar es Salaam	58	22.66	3	21.43	43	24.71	0.251^c
Other	198	77.34	11	78.57	131	75.29
Body Mass Index ^(235,20,163)
Underweight	16	6.81	0	0	11	6.75	0.579^c
Normal Weight	95	40.43	9	45	70	42.95
Overweight	62	26.38	7	35	43	26.38
Obese	62	26.38	4	20	39	23.93
Family History of Breast Cancer^(201,9,155)
No	184	91.54	9	100	140	90.32	0.056^c
Yes	17	8.46	0	0	15	9.68

= Student’s t-test;

= Fisher’s exact test;

= Chi-square test.