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. 2022 Feb 27;14(2):e22672. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22672

Table 4. Stratified analysis with respect to age for correlation between tumor location and stage of tumor among females with breast cancer (n = 290).

* P-value < 0.001.

Age groups Tumor location Stage of tumor P-value
I II III IV‎
<40 years Upper inner quadrant 2 (66.7%) 4 (28.6%) 3 (6.4%) 1 (4.8%) 0.018*
Lower inner quadrant 0 5 (35.7%) 6 (12.8%) 3 (14.3%)
Upper outer quadrant 1 (33.3%) 5 (35.7%) 35 (74.5%) 15 (71.4%)
Lower outer quadrant 0 0 3 (6.4%) 2 (9.5%)
Central 0 0 0 0
≥40 years Upper inner quadrant 0 8 (17%) 10 (8.8%) 2 (4.9%) 0.552
Lower inner quadrant 1 (25%) 9 (19.1%) 13 (11.5%) 4 (9.8%)
Upper outer quadrant 3 (75%) 28 (59.6%) 84 (74.3%) 32 (78%)
Lower outer quadrant 0 2 (4.3%) 4 (3.5%) 2 (4.9%)
Central 0 0 2 (1.8%) 1 (2.4%)