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. 2020 Oct 8;10:16792. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73769-8

Table 5.

Associated factors with abnormal findings of shoulder ultrasonography in patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast cancer surgery.

Odd ratio 95% CI P
Age 1.06 0.97, 1.15 0.19
BMI 0.85 0.71, 1.02 0.08
Breast cancer surgery on ipsilateral side of painful shoulder 9.12 3.72, 22.37 < 0.01
Surgery type (BCS vs total mastectomy) 0.95 0.24, 3.76 0.94
Duration from surgery to first symptom (> 5 years) 1.17 0.30, 4.54 0.82
LN dissection level (sentinel LN biopsy vs 1/2/3 level) 1.6 0.40, 6.33 0.51
Radiation therapy 1.98 0.40, 9.77 0.4
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 0.52 0.11, 2.57 0.42
Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.53 0.41, 5.74 0.53
Cancer stage 0.38 0.09, 1.66 0.20
Stage 0/1 (reference)
Stage 2 3.57 0.74, 17.19 0.11
Stage 3/4 1.79 0.35, 9.13 0.49

BCS breast conserving surgery, BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, LN lymph node.