Mastalgia: Prevalence at a Sub-Saharan African Tertiary Hospital

Table 1

Showing distribution of baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Noncyclical; ()	Cyclical; ()
Mean age at presentation	28.1	30.7
Age at onset	25.7	27.6
BMI	23.3	24.1
Parity	1.8	1.5
Menopausal status
Premenopausal	128	30
Postmenopausal	10	0
Duration of mastalgia
Mean (weeks)	27.0	33.2
Laterality
Unilateral	94	15
Left	48	10
Right	46	5
Bilateral	44	15
Site of pain
Breast wall (chest wall)	52	10
Lateral	34	7
Medial	18	3
Breast quadrants	87	20
Less than 2 quadrants	49	8
Greater than 2 quadrants	38	12
Breast nodularity	59	15
Localized	49	10
Diffuse	10	5