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