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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: The value of preoperative sentinel lymph node contrast-enhanced ultrasound for breast cancer: a large, multicenter trial

Variable

No. of patients (%)

Center 1

Center 2

Center 3

Center 4

Center5

Center 6

P

Patient age

  < 60 years

48.6

52.6

47.9

48.1

55.3

47.6

0.098

  > 60 years

51.4

47.4

52.1

51.9

44.7

52.4

Location

 Central portion

1.6

0.9

0.5

1.7

1.1

0.7

0.956

  Upper outer quadrant

40.8

41.7

37.8

39.1

37.1

38.8

  Upper inner quadrant

17.4

18.9

20.5

20.7

19.2

20.1

  Lower outer quadrant

27.2

24.8

28.1

27.1

25.9

26.7

  Lower inner quadrant

13.0

13.7

13.5

11.4

16.7

13.7

 Cancer stage

  T1 (< 2 cm)

47.7

56.1

52.7

51.8

50.5

51.2

0.068

  T2 (2-5cm)

52.3

43.9

47.3

48.2

49.5

48.8

 Cancer type

  Invasive ductal carcinoma

66.7

61.7

63.1

57.2

60.9

62.6

0.674

  Invasive lobular carcinoma

22.3

24.6

27.2

27.7

26.8

26.6

  Tubular carcinoma

11.0

13.7

9.7

15.1

12.3

10.8