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Table 1 Univariate analysis for the relationship between the patient’s characteristics and moist desquamation

From: Evaluation the consistency of location of moist desquamation and skin high dose area for breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy after breast conservative surgery

Parameters

Case number

Moist desquamation

P value

  

Yes

No

Percentage (%)

 

Age

    

0.523

 < 55

65

27

38

41.5

 

 ≧55

44

21

23

47.7

 

BMI

    

0.181

 < 25

51

19

32

37.3

 

 ≧25

58

29

29

50.0

 

Breast volume (cc)

    

0.004*

 < 350

51

15

36

29.4

 

 ≧350

58

33

25

56.9

 

Side

    

0.492

 Right

55

26

29

47.3

 

 Left

54

22

32

40.7

 

Stage

    

0.469

 0–I

61

25

36

41.0

 

 II–III

48

23

25

47.9

 

Easy to sweat

    

0.001*

 Yes

57

34

23

59.7

 

 No

52

14

38

26.9

 

Skin color

    

0.243

 Light

50

19

31

38.0

 

 Dark

59

29

30

49.2

 

Summer

    

0.342

 Yes

58

28

30

48.3

 

 No

51

20

31

39.2

 

Chemotherapy

    

0.370

 Yes

47

23

24

49.0

 

 No

62

25

37

40.3

 

Hormone therapy

    

0.263

 Yes

57

28

29

49.1

 

 No

52

20

32

38.5

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI = Body mass index.
  2. *Statistically significant.