Table 3b.
Adjusted categorized Lymph-ICF arm dysfunction presented as crude frequencies and percentages and as odds ratio (95% CI) at early postoperative measurement and at one-year follow-up in the SLNB + ALND versus the SLNB only group.
| Early postoperative measurement |
1-year follow-up |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLNB + ALND N (%) | SLNB only N (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P* | SLNB + ALND N (%) | SLNB only N (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P* | |
| Categorized Lymph-ICF | ||||||||
| Lymph-ICF total | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 291 (65.1) | 380 (78.0) | 0.52 (0.39–0.69) | <.001 | 339 (72.9) | 428 (87.0) | 0.44 (0.31–0.62) | <.001 |
| A moderate problem | 112 (25.1) | 84 (17.3) | 97 (20.9) | 48 (9.8) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 44 (9.8) | 23 (4.7) | 29 (6.2) | 16 (3.2) | ||||
| Physical function | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 317 (71.9) | 413 (86.4) | 0.39 (0.28–0.55) | <.001 | 308 (66.8) | 426 (87.7) | 0.29 (0.20–0.40) | <.001 |
| A moderate problem | 72 (16.3) | 47 (9.8) | 93 (20.2) | 42 (8.6) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 52 (11.8) | 18 (3.8) | 60 (13.0) | 18 (3.7) | ||||
| Mental function | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 337 (77.1) | 409 (86.6) | 0.53 (0.38–0.75) | <.001 | 366 (79.6) | 441 (91.5) | 0.36 (0.24–0.54) | <.001 |
| A moderate problem | 59 (13.5) | 32 (6.8) | 52 (11.3) | 21 (4.4) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 41 (9.4) | 31 (6.6) | 42 (9.1) | 20 (4.1) | ||||
| Household activities | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 305 (69.2) | 365 (76.2) | 0.69 (0.52–0.92) | .013 | 355 (77.0) | 411 (84.9) | 0.64 (0.46–0.91) | .012 |
| A moderate problem | 76 (17.2) | 69 (14.4) | 69 (15.0) | 43 (8.9) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 60 (13.6) | 45 (9.4) | 37 (8.0) | 30 (6.2) | ||||
| Mobility activities | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 257 (57.6) | 319 (65.9) | 0.68 (0.53–0.88) | .004 | 305 (66.3) | 371 (76.0) | 0.66** (0.49–0.88) | .005 |
| A moderate problem | 99 (22.2) | 101 (20.9) | 108 (23.5) | 78 (16.0) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 90 (20.2) | 64 (13.2) | 47 (10.2) | 39 (8.0) | ||||
| Life and social activities | ||||||||
| No problem or a small problem | 274 (61.4) | 335 (69.2) | 0.71 (0.54–0.92) | .010 | 346 (75.2) | 409 (84.0) | 0.61 (0.44–0.86) | .004 |
| A moderate problem | 87 (19.5) | 81 (16.7) | 75 (16.3) | 51 (10.5) | ||||
| A severe problem or a very severe problem | 85 (19.1) | 68 (14.1) | 39 (8.5) | 27 (5.5) | ||||
Results from participants who had responded to the questionnaire at least once. Early postoperative measurement: odds ratio adjusted for country. 1-year follow-up: odds ratio adjusted for country and inclusion of axillary level 1 in CTV. *Wald test. P ≤ .0083 is considered as statistically significant. **Proportional odds assumption was violated.