Research Article

Awareness Levels about Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Early Warning Signs, and Screening and Therapeutic Approaches among Iranian Adult Women: A large Population Based Study Using Latent Class Analysis

Table 3

Class-specific level of correct awareness (%) about breast cancer’s risk factors and the size of classes.

Breast cancer risk factors Class 1
(high awareness)
Class 2
(moderate awareness)
Class 3
(poor awareness)
YesNoYesNoYesNo

Age at Menarche25.1174.895.1794.831.2998.71
Diet91.618.3978.6221.3825.9974.01
Age at menopause93.176.8378.9121.0930.2169.79
Family history66.4233.5832.8167.195.5394.47
Infertility60.7339.2719.7680.240.1599.85
Obesity92.557.4542.5757.430.1099.00
Smoking98.251.7557.0142.990.5199.49
Alcohol consumption97.312.6947.7752.230.4699.54
Breast feeding83.2516.7536.4163.594.7895.22
Trauma73.5826.4231.3268.687.6092.40

Class size31.9%42.9%25.2%