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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics with BPBD and non BPBD, Uganda study 2012

From: Benign proliferative breast diseases among female patients at a sub Saharan Africa tertiary hospital: a cross sectional study

Variable

Paramters

N

BPBD N (%)

Non BPBD N (%)

P values

Age (years)

10-19

56

6(17.1)

50(31.3)

0.008

20-29

70

5(14.3)

65(40.6)

30-39

38

13(37.1)

25(15.6)

40+

31

11(31.5)

20(12.5)

BMI (kg/m2)

<18.5

16

3(19)

13(81)

0.194

18.5-24.9

142

6(4)

136(96)

25-29.9

29

7(24)

22(76)

30+

8

7(88)

1(12)

District

Kampala

7

2(5.7)

5(3.1)

0.194

Wakiso

127

25(71.4)

102(63.8)

Others

61

8(22.9)

53(33.1)

Parity

Null

72

8(22.9)

64(40.0)

0.092

Low (1–2)

63

8(22.9)

55(34.4)

Multi (>3)

60

19(54.2)

41(25.6)

Contraceptive use

Yes

65

17(48.6)

48(30.0)

0.111

No

130

18(51.4)

112(70.0)

Menarche

Yes

186

35(100.0)

151(94.4)

-

No

9

0(0.00)

9(5.6)

Menopause

Yes

21

7(20.0)

13(8.1)

0.200

No

174

28(80.0)

147(91.1)

Family history of breast cancer

Yes

32

4(11.4)

28(17.5)

0.649

No

163

31(88.6)

132(82.5)

Chronic drug use

Yes

29

6(17.1)

23(14.3)

 
 

No

166

29(82.9)

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