Evaluation of the Quilting Technique for Reduction of Postmastectomy Seroma: A Randomized Controlled Study

Table 2

Demographic and clinical data of the two study groups.

	Intervention group	Control group	Statistics	P value
	( = 60)	( = 60)
Age (years)	46 ± 7	44 ± 8	1.5	0.14
	[38–65]	[37–66]
BMI	30.5 ± 1.8	30.9 ± 1.5	1.3	0.19
	[29–35]	[27–34]
Tumor size (mm)	35 ± 6	34 ± 7	0.8	0.4
	[24–65]	[25–66]
Pathologic Type	46 (76.7%)	47 (78.3%)	0.0	1.00
(Ductal versus others)
Grade (Grade 1 versus 2 and 3)	8 (13.3%)	11 (18.3%)	0.25	0.62

Data were presented as mean ± SD [range] for continuous data and number (%) for categorical data.
-test for continuous data and Chi square for categorical data.