Table 3

Distribution of living and deceased patients by breast implant status in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Breast Implant Surveillance Study, 1983–1989 (n = 4385)

Women with breast implants (n = 817)
 Women without breast implants (n = 3568)
 Total (n = 4385)
 P valuea



n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
Alive
 676
 82.3
 2498
 70.0
 3174
 72.4
 < 0.0001
Deceased






     All malignant cancers






          Digestive system
 2
 0.2
 32
 0.9
 34
 0.8
 0.08
          Respiratory
 3
 0.4
 51
 1.4
 54
 1.2
 0.01
          Breast
 101
 12.4
 703
 19.7
 804
 18.3
 < 0.0001
          Female genital
 4
 0.5
 20
 0.6
 24
 0.5
 0.80
          Kidney
 -
 -
 2
 0.1
 2
 0.2
 -
          Brain
 -
 -
 7
 0.2
 7
 0.2
 -
          Melanoma
 1
 0.1
 2
 0.1
 3
 0.1
 0.46
          Multiple myeloma
 -
 -
 3
 0.1
 3
 0.1
 -
          Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
 -
 -
 3
 0.1
 3
 0.1
 -
          Leukemia
 2
 0.2
 2
 0.1
 4
 0.1
 0.16
     Diabetes mellitus
 2
 0.2
 13
 0.4
 15
 0.3
 0.60
     Circulatory system






          Heart disease
 4
 0.5
 65
 1.8
 69
 1.6
 0.01
          Cerebrovascular disease
 2
 0.2
 14
 0.4
 16
 0.4
 0.75
          Atherosclerosis
 -
 -
 3
 0.1
 3
 0.1
 -
     Respiratory disease






          Pneumonia/influenza
 1
 0.1
 10
 0.3
 11
 0.3
 -
          Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
 2
 0.2
 23
 0.6
 25
 0.6
 0.21
     Digestive system disease






          Stomach/duodenal ulcers
 -
 -
 3
 0.1
 3
 0.1
 -
          Chronic liver disease
 1
 0.1
 7
 0.2
 8
 0.2
 -
          Nephritis
 -
 -
 7
 0.2
 7
 0.2
 -
     All external causes






          Accidents
 -
 -
 4
 0.1
 4
 0.3
 -
          Suicides
 3
 0.4
 1
 0.03
 4
 0.3
 0.02
     Other cause of death
 5
 0.6
 38
 1.1
 43
 3.6
 0.26
     Unknown cause of death
 7
 0.9
 32
 0.9
 39
 3.2
 0.91

Sum of deaths will not add to overall total since data are only shown for causes with at least two deaths in either group of women.

aP value for chi-square test or, where appropriate, Fisher's Exact Test.

Le et al. Breast Cancer Res 2005 7:R184   doi:10.1186/bcr974

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