TABLE 2.

Associations Between Age, Injection Site, or Previous Interventions or Surgery and Time to Visualization of First Node

VariableTime to first node (min)TotalStatistics
101520253035404560180
Age (y)Formula = 35.2,
P = 0.508
 35–4450010000006
 45–542450020000031
 55–642822101100035
 65–7429100110010143
 75+2041001101129
 Total1062133322112144
Injection siteFormula = 67.6,
P = 0.001
 Lower inner1031000000014
 Lower outer2230110100028
 Upper inner2831011100237
 Upper outer46121201011064
 Retroareolar00001000001
 Total1062133322112144
Previous intervention or surgeryFormula = 35.2,
P = 0.966
 Biopsy941623312112125
 Mastectomy10000000001
 None12000000003
 WLE43100000008
 Total1002133312112137
  • WLE = wide local excision.