Table 2: Univariate analysis of patient characteristics between patients who breast fed and patients who did not.

 

Patient characteristics

History of Breast Feeding

p value

No (N = 114)

Yes (N = 1856)

Age (years)

N = 114

N = 1852

 

    Mean (SD)

39.4 (10.4)

41.9 (10.3)

0.013

    Min, Max

19, 60

18, 81

 

Parity (# of deliveries)

N = 114

N = 1856

 

    Median (Min, Max)

2 (1, 8)

4 (1, 8)

< 0.001

History of benign breast disease

N = 114

N = 1856

 

    No

102 (89.4%)

1666 (89.8%)

0.873

    Yes

12 (10.6%)

190 (10.2%)

History of cancer

N = 114

N = 1856

 

    No

113 (99.1%)

1848 (99.6%)

0.416

    Yes

1 (0.9%)

8 (0.4%)

Family history of breast cancer

N = 114

N = 1856

 

   No

101 (88.6)

1161 (94.2%)

0.669

   Yes

13 (11.4)

245 (13.2%)

Cesarean section

N = 111

N = 1822

 

    No

84 (75.7%)

1524 (83.6%)

0.036

    Yes

27 (24.5%)

298 (16.4%)

# of cesarean section

N = 27

N = 298

 

    Median (Min, Max)

2 (1, 5)

2 (1, 7)

0.585