Risk Factors of Lymph Edema in Breast Cancer Patients

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients (numeric variables).

Variable	Case; mean (±SD)	Non-case; mean (±SD)	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)	50.6 (±11.4)	48.4 (±10.6)	1.02 (0.99–1.04)	0.059
BMI	30.7 (±5.2)	28.8 (±4.6)	1.08 (1.03–1.13)	<0.001
Tumor size (cm)	3.1 (±1.5)	2.9 (±1.5)	1.21 (0.98–1.28)	0.98
No. of excised LN	11.1 (±5.3)	10.1 (±4.9)	1.04 (1–1.28)	0.062
No. of involved LN	4.2 (±5.2)	2 (±3.5)	1.132 (1.07–1.97)	<0.001
Duration after surgery (months)	34.2 (±38.8)	27.6 (±25.8)	1.007 (1–1.01)	0.04