Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for study variables.

	Benign result (n=94)	Invasive breast cancer or DCIS (n=34)	Total (n=128)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Holding back post-results	7.23 (5.50)	8.50 (5.55)	7.57 (5.52)
Anxiety pre-result	43.70 (12.46)	47.09 (10.86)	44.60 (12.10)
Anxiety post-results*	30.85 (10.31)	44.63 (12.56)	34.51 (12.50)
Anxiety 3 months*	31.11 (9.37)	38.06 (11.06)	33.11 (10.31)
Anxiety 6 months	32.30 (11.35)	37.24 (12.31)	33.97 (11.84)
Anxiety 12 months	33.23 (10.35)	36.02 (10.30)	34.05 (10.36)

Note: All available data was used;

^*p <.05