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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients by method of operation

From: Comparison of the indocyanine green dye method versus the combined method of indigo carmine blue dye with indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast conservative therapy for stage ≤IIA breast cancer

Characteristic

 

ICG-D (n = 92)

CMF (n = 110)

P-value

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

55.1 (12.6)

58.1 (12.1)

0.086

BMI (kg/m2)

Mean (SD)

22.9 (4.0)

23.2 (3.9)

0.482

Tumor location

A

26 (28.3%)

26 (23.6%)

0.731

 

B

8 (8.7%)

13 (11.8%)

 
 

C

46 (50%)

53 (48.2%)

 
 

D

12 (13.0%)

18 (16.4%)

 

T factor

Tis

4 (4.3%)

11 (10%)

0.352

 

1

72 (78.3%)

82 (74.5%)

 
 

2

16 (17.4%)

17 (15.5%)

 

N factor

0

76 (82.6%)

89 (80.9%)

0.756

 

1

16 (17.4%)

21 (19.1%)

 

Stage

0

4 (4.3%)

11 (10%)

0.264

 

1

62 (67.4%)

65 (59.1%)

 
 

2a

26 (28.3%)

34 (30.9%)

 

Recurrent cases

 

7 (7.6%)

3 (2.7%)

0.103

  1. Abbreviations: ICG-D Indocyanine green dye method, CMF Combined mixed dye and fluorescence method, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index
  2. Data are n (%) unless otherwise stated