Table 1

Characteristics of male breast cancer patients

Characteristic
No second cancer
Second cancer
Total
P value

Age (mean years (SD))
64.16 (12.90)
66.90 (9.72)
64.47 (12.61)
0.0002
Follow-up (mean years (SD))
4.39 (3.74)
4.38 (3.31)
4.39 (3.69)
0.9405
Age (median years (IQR)
66.00 (55.00–74.00)
68.00 (61.00–73.00)
66.00 (56.00–74.00)

Follow-up (median years (IQR)
3.35 (1.33–6.69)
3.39 (1.46–6.82)
3.36 (1.33–6.72)

Age (no. of subjects (percent))




     <60 years
577 (33.84)
41 (18.55)
618 (32.09)
<0.0001
     60 to 69 years
458 (26.86)
89 (40.27)
547 (28.04)

     70+ years
670 (39.30)
91 (41.18)
761 (39.51)

Follow-up (no. of subjects (percent))




     <1 year
342 (20.06)
42 (19.00)
384 (19.94)
0.4921
     1 to 5 years
731 (42.87)
88 (39.82)
819 (42.52)

     >5 years
632 (37.07)
91 (41.18)
723 (37.54)

Race (no. of subjects (percent))




     Non-Hispanic white
1,272 (74.60)
182 (82.35)
1,454 (75.49)
0.0117
     Other
433 (25.40)
39 (17.65)
472 (24.51)

Total (no. of subjects (percent))
1,705 (88.53)
221 (11.47)
1,926 (100.00)


A p value < 0.05 means statistically significant. IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.

Satram-Hoang et al. Breast Cancer Research 2007 9:R10   doi:10.1186/bcr1643