Table 1 Patient characteristics within subgroups.

From: The influence on survival of delay in the treatment initiation of screening detected non-symptomatic breast cancer

Characteristic

Delayed days ≤90 (n = 792)

Delayed days >90 (n = 292)

P*

Age, years

  

0.001

  Mean ± SD

47.84 ± 13.67

44.92 ± 11.71

 

Menstrual status, No. (%)

  

0.346

  Premenopausal

443 (55.93)

175 (59.93)

 

  Postmenopausal

309 (39.02)

100 (34.25)

 

  Unknown

40 (5.05)

17 (5.82)

 

Residence, No. (%)

  

0.024

  Urban

446 (56.31)

142 (48.63)

 

  Rural

346 (43.69)

150 (51.37)

 

Education, No. (%)

  

0.021

  ≥High school

498 (62.88)

161 (55.14)

 

  <High school

294 (37.12)

131 (44.86)

 

Marital status, No. (%)

  

0.875

  Married

583(73.61)

215(73.63)

 

  Unmarried

115(14.52)

45 (15.41)

 

  Other

94(11.87)

32 (10.96)

 

Screening detection places, No. (%)

  

0.006

  PUMCH

389 (49.12)

116 (39.73)

 

  Other institutions

403 (50.88)

176 (60.27)

 

Tumor size, No. (%)

  

0.482

  T1

680 (85.86)

252 (86.30)

 

  T2

96 (12.12)

31 (10.62)

 

  T3

16 (2.02)

9 (3.08)

 

Tumor grade, No. (%)

  

0.071

  G1

261 (32.95)

75 (25.68)

 

  G2

314 (39.65)

129 (44.18)

 

  G3

217 (27.40)

88 (30.14)

 

Molecular subtype, No. (%)

  

0.095

  Luminal A

372 (46.97)

151 (51.71)

 

  Luminal B

182 (22.98)

70 (23.97)

 

  Triple Negative

158 (19.95)

55 (18.84)

 

  Her-2+

80(10.10)

16(5.48)

 

Axillary node metastasis, No. (%)

  

0.360

  No

682 (86.11)

245 (83.90)

 

  Yes

110 (13.89)

47 (16.10)

 

Comorbid conditions, No. (%)

  

0.198

  Yes

146(18.43)

64(21.92)

 

  No

646(81.57)

228(78.08)

 

Breast cancer family history, No. (%)

  

0.789

  Yes

58(7.32)

20(6.85)

 

  No

734(92.68)

272(93.15)

 
  1. SD, standard deviation; PUMCH: Peking Union Medical College Hospital. *Categorical data were compared using a two-tailed chi-squared test. Quantitative data were compared by Student’s t-test. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.