The Role of Establishing a Multidisciplinary Team for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis in Improving Patient Outcomes and Spreading Awareness about Recent Disease Trends
Table 3
Correlation analysis of clinical characteristics of IGM with patient age and BMI at presentation.
Characteristics
All patients ()
Patients with recurrence ()
Age, years
BMI, kg/m2
Age, years
BMI, kg/m2
rho
-value
rho
-value
rho
-value
rho
-value
Size of mass at presentation, cm
0.038
0.862
−0.570
0.007
−0.241
0.566
−0.879
0.009
Duration for presence of mass, months
−0.049
0.809
0.230
0.280
−0.182
0.615
0.025
0.948
Duration of prednisolone treatment, weeks
0.326
0.327
0.350
0.322
0.754
0.084
0.543
0.266
Size of tissue removed, cm
−0.001
0.995
0.145
0.509
0.428
0.218
0.168
0.666
Ratio between mass size and removed tissue
0.467
0.092
−0.286
0.368
0.410
0.493
0.211
0.789
Time to recurrence, months
—
—
—
—
−0.836
0.003
−0.232
0.548
Number of recurrence episodes
—
—
—
—
0.102
0.766
0.172
0.636
Size of recurrence mass, cm
—
—
—
—
−0.633
0.127
0.087
0.870
rho, Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Indicates statistical significance at . BMI, body mass index.Bold values represent statistically significant findings in correlation analysis.