Table 1.
Characteristics of all participants and patients with a history of breast cancer and patients without breast cancer.
| Demographics and Background | All Samples (n = 23) |
With Cancer (n = 8) |
Without Cancer (n = 15) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 49.6 ± 16.0 | 62.2 ± 15.6 | 42.8 ± 11.8 | 0.003 |
| BMI *, mean ± SD | 27.2 ± 2.7 | 27.8 ± 2.9 | 26.9 ± 2.6 | 0.497 |
| Smoker | 11 (47.8) | 0 (0) | 11 (73.3) | 0.001 |
| Without Diabetes | 21 (91.3) | 7 (87.5) | 14 (93.3) | 0.999 |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Duration of previous treatments (weeks), mean ± SD |
10.8 ± 2.6 | 12.0 ± 2.7 | 10.1 ± 2.4 | 0.106 |
| Abscess with drainage | 4 (17.4) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (20) | 1.0 |
| Seromas with drainage | 4 (17.4) | 4 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0.008 |
| With dehiscence | 3 (13.0) | 2 (25.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0.269 |
| With fat necrosis | 3 (13.0) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (13.3) | 0.999 |
| Initial wound area (mm2), Mean ± SD |
304.8 ± 230.0 | 265.9 ± 138.0 | 325.6 ± 268.8 | 0.565 |
| Right breast | 14 (60.9) | 5 (62.5) | 9 (60.0) | 1.0 |
| Wound location | 0.123 | |||
| Upper outer quadrant | 6 (26.1) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (26.7) | |
| Periareolar | 15 (65.2) | 4(50.0) | 11 (73.3) | |
| Lower outer quadrant | 2 (8.7) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0) | |
Abbreviations: * Body mass index.