Research Article
Evaluation of the Clinical and Imaging Findings of Breast Examinations in a Tertiary Facility in Ghana
Table 2
Demographics, family history of breast cancer, duration of symptoms, and the distribution of the BI-RADS scores.
| Items | Counts (%) |
| Age | | Minimum | 32 | Maximum | 85 | Mean (SD) | 52.43 (9.97) | Age groups | | 31–40 years | 31 (7.29%) | 41–50 years | 198 (46.59%) | 51–60 years | 109 (25.65%) | 61–70 years | 60 (14.12%) | >70 years | 27 (6.35%) | Marital status | | Single | 156 (36.71%) | Married | 269 (63.29%) | Family history of breast cancer | | Positive | 79 (18.59%) | Negative | 346 (81.41%) | Duration of symptoms | | <1 month | 33 (15.28%) | 1–12 months | 141 (65.28%) | 13–24 months | 13 (6.02%) | 25–36 months | 15 (6.94%) | 37–48 months | 4 (1.85%) | >48 months | 10 (4.63%) | Overall average duration of symptoms | months | BI-RADS scores | | BI-RADS 1 | 312 (57.46%) | BI-RADS 2 | 152 (27.99%) | BI-RADS 3 | 31 (5.71%) | BI-RADS 4 | 42 (7.73%) | BI-RADS 5 | 6 (1.10%) |
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