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Table 3 Association between patient, tumor characteristics, treatment and occurrence of postoperative complications.

From: Breast cancer surgery in elderly patients: postoperative complications and survival

 

N OF PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATION (%)

OR

95% CI

p value

AGE

    

65-69

13 (9,9%)

Ref

  

70-74

15 (13,2%)

1,37

0,58-3,24

ns

75-79

17 (19,5%)

2,20

0,95-5,16

ns

80-84

18 (26,5%)

3,27

1,40-7,72

0,004

> = 85

19 (38,8%)

5,75

2,38-14,04

<0,001

N OF CONCOMITANT DISEASE

    

0

13 (12,0%)

Ref

  

1

20 (18,3%)

1,67

0,74-3,80

ns

2

20 (18,5%)

1,79

0,80-4,07

ns

> = 3

29 (24,6%)

2,51

1,17-5,45

0,01

POLYPHARMACY

    

NO

27 (7,6%)

Ref

  

YES

55 (57,9%)

16,65

9,12-30,58

<0.0001

BREAST SURGERY

    

BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY

29 (23,2%)

Ref

  

MASTECTOMY

53 (16,4%)

0.65

0,38-1,11

ns

AXILLARY SURGERY

    

NO AXILLARY SURGERY

5 (12,5%)

Ref

  

SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY

31 (17,2%)

1,46

0,49-4.60

ns

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

46 (20,1%)

1,76

0,61-5,43

ns

NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY

    

NO NEOADJUVANT TREATMENT

76 (17,4%)

Ref

  

NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY

6 (46,1%)

4,06

1,17-13,92

<0,05

TNM STAGE

    

IN SITU

4 (23,5%)

   

I

27 (16,1%)

Ref

  

II

25 (13,9%)

0,84

0,45-1,58

ns

III

8 (20,5%)

1,35

0,51-3,49

ns

IV

1 (25%)

1,74

0,07-19,99

ns

UNKNOWN

17 (41,5%)

   

BMI

    

<20

1 (25%)

2,06

0,08-25,85

ns

20-25

12 (14%)

Ref

  

>25

31 (23%)

1,84

0,84-4,08

ns

UNKNOWN

38 (17%)

   

SMOKING AT TIME OF DIAGNOSIS

    

NO

46 (16,7%)

Ref

  

YES

11 (35,5%)

2,75

1,14-6,54

<0,05

UNKNOWN

25 (17,6%)

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