Table 4 Distribution and difference in the severity level of BCRL based on the type of surgery and the number of applied therapies
BCRL severity | Number of removed lymph nodes | |||||||||
≤ 12 | 13–16 | ≥ 17 | Total | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Mild | 32 | 31.1 | 36 | 35.0 | 35 | 34.0 | 103 | 100.0 | ||
Moderate | 7 | 21.9 | 14 | 43.8 | 11 | 34.4 | 32 | 100.0 | ||
Severe | 3 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 78.6 | 14 | 100.0 | ||
Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test; χ2 = 3.150; df = 1; p = 0.076 | ||||||||||
BCRL severity | Elapsed time since surgery (months) | |||||||||
≤ 2 | 3–9 | 10–21 | ≥ 22 | Total | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Mild | 27 | 26.2 | 27 | 26.2 | 25 | 24.3 | 24 | 23.3 | 103 | 100.0 |
Moderate | 8 | 25.0 | 8 | 25.0 | 9 | 28.1 | 7 | 21.9 | 14 | 100.0 |
Severe | 4 | 28.6 | 2 | 24.8 | 2 | 24.8 | 5 | 35.7 | 14 | 100.0 |
Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test; χ2 = 0.287; df = 1; p = 0.592 | ||||||||||