Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the group.
| Variable | CG (n = 74) |
BG (n = 90) |
t-test | P * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age–median (SD) | 66.78 (4.78) | 65.63 (7.86) | 1.10 | 0.272 |
| Weight–median (SD) | 73.96 (19.07) | 72.22 (10.15) | −0.47 | 0.641 |
| Height–median (SD) | 161.91 (6.93) | 162.37 (6.57) | −0.42 | 0.669 |
| BMI–median (SD) | 27.18 (4.41) | 27.44 (3.95) | −0.40 | 0.686 |
| Type of procedure involving lymph nodes n (%) | ALND | 75 (83.3) | ||
| SLNB | 15 (16.7) | |||
| Operated side n (%) | R | 51 (50.0) | ||
| L | 39 (50.0) | |||
| Adjuvant treatment | CHTH, | 26 | ||
| HTH | 9 | |||
| RTH | 25 | |||
| CHTH, RTH | 30 |
SD—Standard Deviation, BMI—Body Mass Index, CG—Control Group, BG—Breast Group, ALND—Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, SLND—Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection, R—Right, L—Left, CHTH—Chemotherapy, RTH—Radiotherapy; HTH—Hormone Therapy, P—statistical significance levels, * U Mann–Whitney test.