Keywords:
Breast, Mammography, Health policy and practice, Tissue characterisation, Retrospective, Experimental, Performed at one institution
Authors:
M. Alakhras1, D. S. Al-Mousa2; 1Ar Ramtha/JO, 2Irbid/JO
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2020/C-03352
Results
As shown in Figure 1, there was a total of 58 (8.8%) women with ACR-BIRADS (a) (entirely fatty) on mammography, 144 (21.9%) with ACR-BIRADS (b) (scattered areas of fibroglandular density), 375 (56.9%) with ACR-BIRADS (c) (heterogeneously dense), and 82(12.4%) with ACR-BIRADS (d) (extremely dense). The distribution of women in each mammographic density category is described in Table 1.
The study population was categorised into five-year age groups as shown in Figure 2. There were 82 women (12.4%) younger than 40 years of age, 249 (37.8%) in age group between 40 and 49 years, 239 (36.3%) in age group of 50-59 years, 60 (9.1%) in age group between 60 and 69 years, 29 women (4.4%) older than or equal to 70 years of age (Table 2).
Using Kurskal-Wallis test, there was a significant inverse relationship between age and breast density overall (r= -0.397, p-value<0.001) as shown in figure 1.