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. 2021 Sep 2;13(9):e17662. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17662

Table 1. Patient characteristics at the time of diagnosis according to histopathological types.

IDC: invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC: invasive lobular carcinoma; DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ; IMC: invasive mixt carcinoma; OCS: oral contraceptives; HRT: hormone replacement therapy.

  Mean (standard deviation)
IDC ILC DCIS IMC Others Total
Diagnosis age (years) 54.8 (13.1) 59.6 (14.8) 54.8 (14.3) 54.2 (16.1) 55.9 (14.3) 55.1 (13.5)
Menarche age (years) 13.1 (1.2) 13.1 (1.3) 13.1 (1.4) 13.2 (1.3) 13.0 (1.3) 13.1 (1.3)
Menopause (years) 47.8 (4.8) 48.3 (4.8) 48.5 (4.0) 47.2 (6.1) 47.7 (5.9) 47.9 (4.9)
Gravida 2.3 (1.7) 2.4 (1.4) 2.0 (1.3) 2.3 (1.9) 2.15 (1.6) 2.27 (1.7)
Parity 1.9 (1.4) 1.8 (0.9) 1.8 (1.2) 1.8 (1.4) 1.9 (1.5) 1.9 (1.3)
Abortion 0.2 (0.6) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.4) 0.2 (0.5)
Age at first birth (years) 24.6 (5.6) 27.0 (5.5) 25.0 (3.5) 23.5 (4.1) 25.3 (5.7) 24.8 (5.4)
Lactation length (months) 20.2 (23.7) 18.0 (13.4) 16.6 (21.5) 14.1 (17.7) 20.4 (24.1) 19.6 (22.9)
  n (%)
Age groups (years)
   <40 112 (14.0) 5 (8.3) 13 (16.7) 12 (28.6) 16 (14.7) 158 (14.5)
   40-49 201 (25.1) 13 (21.7) 17 (21.8) 4 (9.5) 27 (24.8) 262 (24.0)
   50-59 210 (26.2) 15 (25.0) 22 (28.2) 10 (23.8) 26 (23.9) 283 (25.9)
   60-69 163 (20.3) 13 (21.7) 13 (16.7) 9 (21.4) 21 (19.3) 219 (20.1)
   70-79 82 (10.2) 7 (11.7) 10 (12.8) 5 (11.9) 10 (8.7) 114 (10.4)
   ≥80 34 (4.2) 7 (11.7) 3 (3.8) 2 (4.8) 9 (8.3) 55 (5.0)
Total 802 (73.5) 60 (5.5) 78 (7.1) 42 (3.8) 109 (10.0) 1.091 (100)
OCS/HRT 88 (11.0) 5 (8.3) 6 (7.7) 2 (4.8) 9 (8.3) 110 (10.1)
Benign breast diseases 71 (8.9) 3 (5.0) 15 (19.2) 5 (11.9) 8 (7.3) 102 (9.3)
Breast cancer history 4 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.8) 7 (0.6)
Family history of breast cancer 187 (23.3) 18 (30.0) 21 (26.9) 4 (9.5) 19 (17.4) 249 (22.8)
Stages
   0     78 (100)   1 (0.9) 79 (7.2)
   1 222 (27.7) 15 (25.0)   11 (26.2) 51 (46.8) 299 (27.5)
   2 366 (45.6) 30 (50.0)   19 (45.2) 31 (28.4) 446 (40.9)
   3 158 (19.7) 11 (18.3)   10 (23.8) 10 (9.2) 189 (17.3)
   4 56 (7.0) 4 (6.7)   2 (4.8) 16 (14.7) 78 (7.1)