Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics.

Variable BSE (+) BSE (-) p*
μ SD n (%) μ SD n (%)
Age 37.38 ± 11.09 39.00 ± 10.18 0.22
Weight 66.31 ± 8.60 66.35 ± 8.62 0.96
BMI 27.55 ± 3.57 27.73 ± 3.41 0.67
Occupation
Housewife 39 (10.26%) 154 (40.52%) 0.63
Employee 38 (10%) 140 (36.84%)
Student 3 (0.78%) 6 (1.57%)
Scholarship
Elementary or less 9 (2.36%) 41 (10.7%) 0.03
High School or Higher 71 (18.9%) 258 (67.8%)
Religión
No religion 25 (6.6%) 141 (37.1%) 0.01
Religion 55 (14.4%) 159 (41.9%)
Catholic 39 (10.2%) 90 (23.6%)
Christian 9 (2.36%) 29 (7.63%)
Jehovah's Witnesses 1 (0.26%) 12 (3.15%)
Others 6 (1.57%) 28 (7.36%)
Civil Status
Single 10 (2.63%) 14 (3.68%) 0.008
Married 31 (8.15%) 95 (25%)
Free union 35 (9.21%) 172 (45.26%)
Widow 1 (0.26%) 0
Divorcee 3 (0.78%) 19 (5%)
Socioeconomic Level
Marginal 0 0 0.001
Worker 27 (7.10%) 152 (40%)
Low Medium 43 (11.31%) 138 (36.31%)
Medium High 10 (2.63%) 10 (2.63%)
High 0 0
Family History of breast cancer
Yes 34 (8.94%) 5 (0.13%) 0.0001
No 47 (12.36%) 294 (77.36%)
Nutritional Status
Low weight 1 (0.26%) 0
Normal weight 12 (3.15%) 55 (14.47%)
Overweight 45 (11.84%) 182 (47.89%) 0.136
Obesity 22 (5.78%) 63 (16.57%)

Test X2: Fisher's exact test; t de Student; BSE (+): Positive Breast self-examination; BSE (-): Negative Breast self-examination; p*: statistics significance; μ: Mean; SD: Standard Deviation; n: number of subjects; %: Proportion of subjects.