The Importance of Clinical Data for the Diagnosis of Breast Tumours in North Afghanistan

Table 4

Context variables for fibrous cystic disease.

(a)

Profile of fibrous-cystic breast disease ()
	Mean	SD	Median	Range
Age (years)	32.6	11.0	32	17-69
Duration of disease (months)	12.4	20.4	6	1-120
Size (mm)	3.0	1.5	30.0	6-70

(b)

Categorical variables
	No ()	Yes ()	No (%)	Yes (%)
Painful	35	38	48	62
Movability	43	30	58.9	41.1
Firm consistency	7	66	9.6	90.4
Irregular margin	25	48	34.3	65.7
Skin involvement	45	28	61.6	38.4
Axillary involvement	67	6	91.8	8.2
Child	28	45	38.4	61.6
Lactation	31	42	42.5	67.5