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Table 1 Sociodemographic and surgical factors of the patients with modified radical mastectomy at four teaching hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n = 87)

From: Experience with modified radical mastectomy in a low-income country: a multi-center prospective observational study

No

Variables

Category

Number

Percentage (%)

1

Sex

Male

9

10.3

Female

78

89.7

2

Age (years)

24–29

8

9.2

30–39

24

27.6

40–49

23

26.4

50–59

21

24.1

60–69

4

4.6

70–79

7

8

3

Residence

Addis Ababa

70

80.5

Regional states

17

19.5

4

Comorbidities

Hypertension

12

13.8

Diabetes mellitus

7

8

Retroviral infection

10

11.5

Others

4

4.6

5

Body Mass index(kg/m2)

> 30

2

2.3

24–29.9

6

6.9

17–23.99

75

81.6

< 17

4

4.6

6

Preoperative treatment

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

17

19.5

Without neoadjuvant chemotherapy

70

80.5

7

Clinical tumor stage

T1

5

5.7

T2

31

35.6

T3

37

42.5

T4

14

16

8

Lymph node status

Negative

33

37.9

Positive

54

62.1

9

Level of Lymph node dissection

Level I and II

84

96.6

Level I–III

3

3.4

10

Number of lymph nodes harvested

≥ 10

45

51.7

< 10

42

48.3