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Table 3 Association between mammographic features and non-detection

From: Screening mammography for second breast cancers in women with history of early-stage breast cancer: factors and causes associated with non-detection

Variables

Non-detection

(n = 114)

Detected

(n = 74)

P value

Mammographic breast density

Fatty

71 (74%)

25 (26%)

< 0.001

Dense

43 (47%)

49 (53%)

Mammographic detectability of PBC

Positive

85 (66%)

44 (34%)

0.007

Negative

11 (35%)

20 (65%)

NA

18 (64%)

10 (36%)

Time interval (days)a,b

32.5 (15–60)

39.0 (12–160)

0.306

  1. NA not available
  2. aData represent the median (interquartile range)
  3. bTime interval between the final diagnosis of second breast cancers and mammography