Table 4 Diagnosis delay in Libyan breast cancer by an accordance to socio-economic factors, health behavior and tumor related factors
Predicting factors | Number of patients | Proportion of patients according to diagnosis time (percent) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<3 months | 3-6 months | >6 months | ||||
Age years | < 50 | 133 | 48.9 | 18.0 | 33.1 | 0.033 |
≥ 50 | 67 | 35.8 | 11.9 | 52.2 | ||
Age years | < 50 | 133 | 48.9 | 18.0 | 33.1 | 0.004 |
50-65 | 32 | 53.1 | 12.5 | 34.4 | ||
≥ 65 | 35 | 20.0 | 11.4 | 68.6 | ||
Current employment status | House wife | 111 | 38.7 | 16.2 | 45.0 | 0.09 |
Employed | 89 | 51.7 | 15.7 | 32.6 | ||
Education | Literate | 124 | 61.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 0.009 |
Illiteracy | 76 | 30.9 | 15.8 | 53.3 | ||
Menopausal status | Pre-menopausal | 127 | 49.6 | 18.1 | 32.3 | 0.054 |
Pos-menopausal | 73 | 35.6 | 12.3 | 52.1 | ||
Marital status | Married | 158 | 43.7 | 14.6 | 41.8 | 0.648 |
Single | 42 | 47.6 | 21.4 | 31.0 | ||
Breast feeding | Yes | 133 | 41.4 | 13.5 | 45.1 | 0.09 |
No | 16 | 62.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | ||
Oral contraceptive | Yes <5 years | 35 | 45.7 | 8.6 | 45.7 | 0.043 |
Yes > 5 years | 14 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 57.1 | ||
No t used | 151 | 47.0 | 16.6 | 36.4 | ||
Family history | Positive | 18 | 55.6 | 5.6 | 38.9 | 0.324 |
Negative | 182 | 43.4 | 17.0 | 39.6 | ||
History of benign breast disease | Yes | 30 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 53.3 | 0.029 |
No | 170 | 47.6 | 15.3 | 37.1 | ||
Breast self examination | Yes | 9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | <0.0001 |
No | 191 | 41.9 | 16.8 | 41.4 | ||
Symptoms | Lump | 136 | 58.8 | 16.9 | 24.3 | <0.0001 |
Others | 64 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 71.9 | ||