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

Table 5 Association of selected patients characteristic with breast disorders in pregnancy and six months postpartum

	Adjusted Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-Values
Age group (years)
< 25	1(ref)
25–29	1.07	0.71–1.63	0.737
30–34	0.98	0.60–1.59	0.941
> 34	0.89	0.52–1.54	0.682
Health Facility
UCH	1(ref)
AMH	1.03	0.63–1.67	0.918
PHC	0.79	0.38–1.65	0.535
Education
None/Primary	1(ref)
Secondary	0.75	0.45–1.26	0.281
Polytechnic	0.63	0.35–1.13	0.120
B. Sc./HND	0.47	0.24–0.89	0.022**
Postgraduate	0.41	0.14-1.18	0.100
Occupation
Professionals	1(ref)
Civil servants	1.69	0.67–3.77	0.252
Full time housewife, unemployed	2.70	1.05–6.95	0.039**
Artisan, small scale entrepreneur,
labourers	2.00	0.79–5.08	0.143
Family history of cancer
No	1(ref)
Yes	1.53	0.76–3.06	0.230
Ever had benign breast disease
No	1(ref)
Yes	2.13	1.25–3.64	0.006**
No of pregnancies
1	1(ref)
2	0.91	0.61–1.37	0.665
> 2	0.64	0.43–0.97	0.036**
Weight (kg)	0.99	0.96–0.99	0.085
BMI kg/m²
18–24.9	1(ref)
< 18	1.56	0.49–4.95	0.451
25–29.9	0.93	0.59–1.47	0.766
30–34.9	1.30	0.66–2.58	0.448
> 34.9	1.28	0.37–4.46	0.695

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