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Table 1 Women’s and tumoral characteristics according to readmission

From: Factors associated with readmissions in women participating in screening programs and treated for breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Readmitted, n (%)

(n = 234)

Not readmitted, n (%) (n = 821)

p-value1

Early readmission

Late readmission

Long-term readmission

Total

76 (7.2)

87 (8.2)

71 (6.7)

821 (77.8)

 

Age (years)

 50–54

24 (31.6)

22 (25.3)

32 (45.1)a

224 (27.3)a

0.013

 55–59

25 (32.9)

27 (31.0)

16 (22.5)

212 (25.8)

 60–64

21 (27.6)

19 (21.8)

17 (23.9)

225 (27.4)

 65–69

6 (7.9)

19 (21.8)

6 (8.5)

160 (19.5)

 Missing

0

0

0

0

 

Charlson index

 0

61 (80.3)

61 (70.1)

47 (66.2)

603 (73.4)

0.245

 1

15 (19.7)

26 (29.9)

24 (33.8)

218 (26.6)

 Missing

0

0

0

0

 

Detection mode

 Screen-detected

50 (65.8)

62 (71.3)

42 (59.2)

568 (69.2)

0.306

 Interval Cancer

26 (34.2)

25 (28.7)

29 (40.8)

253 (30.8)

 Missing

0

0

0

0

 

Tumor-node-metastasis stage

 In situ

6 (8.1)

8 (9.6)

5 (7.4)

84 (10.4)

0.069

 Stage I

36 (48.6)a

38 (45.8)

18 (26.5)a,b

368 (45.5)b

 Stage II

25 (33.8)

26 (31.3)

28 (41.2)

249 (30.8)

 Stage III/IV

7 (9.5)

11 (13.3)

17 (25.0)a

108 (13.3)a

 Missing

2

4

3

9

 

Focality

 Unifocal

43 (70.5)a

54 (75.0)

49 (81.7)

594 (85.3)a

0.005

 Multifocal and/or multicentric

18 (29.5)a

18 (25.0)

11 (18.3)

102 (14.7)a

 Missing

15

15

11

125

 

Tumor grade

 Well differentiated

13 (21.0)

18 (27.3)a

4 (7.0)a,b

193 (29.2)b

0.001

 Moderately differentiated

33 (53.2)

34 (51.5)

27 (47.4)

248 (37.6)

 Poorly differentiated/ undifferentiated

16 (25.8)

14 (21.2)a

26 (45.6)a

219 (33.2)

 Not applicable

7

4

1

49

 

 Missing

7

17

13

112

 

Tumor phenotype

 Luminal A

29 (58.0)

35 (64.8)

19 (41.3)

324 (51.8)

0.017

 Luminal B

13 (26.0)

9 (16.7)

10 (21.7)

181 (28.9)

 HER2

3 (6.0)

3 (5.6)

11 (23.9)a

51 (8.1)a

 Triple-negative

5 (10.0)

7 (13.0)

6 (13.0)

70 (11.2)

 Missing

26

37

25

195

 
  1. 1 Chi-square test
  2. a,b Values in the same row and subtable sharing the same subscript were significantly different (p < .05) in the two-sided equality test for column proportions