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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: A longitudinal study of the prevalence and characteristics of breast disorders detected by clinical breast examination during pregnancy and six months postpartum in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

 

Breast Disorders

Breast Disorders

Total

(yes) N = 223

(no) N = 1025

N = 1248

n (%)

n (%)

Age group (years)

  < 25

55 (24.7)

149 (14.5)

204 (16.4)

 25–29

75 (33.6)

337 (32.9)

412 (33.0)

 30–34

58 (26.0)

325 (31.7)

383 (30.7)

  > 34

35 (15.7)

214 (20.9)

249 (19.9)

Health Facility

 PHC

25 (11.2)

77 (7.5)

102 (8.2)

 AMH

160 (71.8)

625 (60.9)

785 (62.9)

 UCH

38 (17.0)

323 (31.5)

361 (28.9)

Education

 None/Primary

22 (9.9)

62 (6.1)

84 (6.7)

 Secondary

105 (47.1)

351 (34.2)

456 (36.5)

 Polytechnic

47 (21.1)

215 (20.9)

262 (20.9)

 B. Sc./HND

42 (18.8)

303 (29.7)

345 (27.6)

 Postgraduate

7 (3.1)

94 (9.2)

101 (8.1)

Ethnicity

 Yoruba

206 (92.4)

948 (92.5)

1154 (92.5)

 Ibo

9 (4.0)

39 (3.8)

48 (3.9)

 Hausa

3 (1.4)

9 (0.9)

12 (0.9)

 Others

5 (2.2)

29 (2.8)

34 (2.7)

Occupation* N = 1247

 Professionals

8 (3.6)

88 (8.6)

96 (7.7)

 Civil servants

47 (21.1)

342 (33.4)

389 (31.2)

 Full time housewife, unemployed

26 (11.7)

99 (9.7)

125 (10.0)

Artisan, small scale entrepreneur,

 labourers

142 (63.7)

495 (48.3)

637 (51.1)

Family history of any cancer type

 Yes

11 (4.9)

47 (4.6)

58 (4.6)

 No

212 (95.1)

978 (95.4)

1190 (95.4)

Ever had benign breast disease

 Yes

19 (5.2)

53 (5.2)

72 (5.8)

 No

204 (91.5)

972 (94.8)

1176 (94.2)

No of pregnancies

 1

72 (32.3)

273 (26.6)

345 (27.6)

 2

59 (26.5)

249 (24.3)

308 (24.7)

 > 2

92 (41.3)

503 (49.1)

595 (47.7)

Age at menarche (years)* N = 1239

15.3 ± 2.0

15.1 ± 2.3

15.1 ± 2.2

Height* N = 1211

158.5 ± 6.7

159.4 ± 6.6

159.3 ± 6.6

Weight (kg)* N = 1209

63.9 ± 12.2

67.5 ± 13.0

66.8 ± 12.9

BMI kg/m2*

  < 18

6 (2.8)

12 (1.2)

18 (1.5)

 18–24.9

109 (50.7)

423 (42.9)

532 (44.3)

 25–29.9

60 (27.9)

318 (32.2)

378 (31.5)

 30–34.9

32 (14.9)

176 (17.8)

208 (17.3)

  > 34.9

8 (3.7)

58 (5.9)

66 (5.5)

  1. PHC Primary Health Centre Agbongbon, AMTH Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, UCH University College Hospital, *missing N ≠ 1248