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Table 2 Four years post-diagnosis cumulative incidence of first self-reported ASP in ABCDO, by country and treatment

From: Self-reported arm and shoulder problems in breast cancer survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: the African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes cohort study

 

No. women with outcome/total (competing deaths)

Time at risk (person-years)

ASP type-specific cumulative incidence at 4 years since diagnosis (95% CI)

Shoulder/arm pain

   

All sites/ethnicities

618/1476 (449)

680

43.0 (40.4–45.6)

Namibia non-black

25/97 (12)

42

26.0 (17.7–35.1)

Namibia black

151/380 (100)

218

40.3 (35.3–45.2)

Uganda

214/418 (119)

174

51.8 (46.9–56.5)

Nigeria

162/383 (141)

168

44.0 (38.7–49.3)

Zambia

66/198 (77)

77

35.1 (28.3–42.0)

Arm stiffness

   

All sites/ethnicities

516/1476 (505)

628

35.8 (33.4–38.3)

Namibia non-black

26/97 (13)

34

26.9 (18.5–36.0)

Namibia black

148/380 (106)

209

39.3 (34.3–44.2)

Uganda

184/418 (133)

201

44.7 (39.8–49.5)

Nigeria

106/383 (176)

124

28.8 (24.2–33.6)

Zambia

52/198 (77)

60

27.9 (21.6–34.5)

Arm/hand swelling

   

All sites/ethnicities

319/1476 (602)

464

22.5 (20.4–24.8)

Namibia non-black

13/97 (16)

29

13.7 (7.7–21.4)

Namibia black

81/380 (130)

144

21.9 (17.8–26.3)

Uganda

103/418 (180)

122

25.1 (21.0–29.4)

Nigeria

84/383 (191)

120

23.3 (19.0–28.0)

Zambia

38/198 (85)

50

20.4 (15.0–26.5)

  1. ASP arm and shoulder problems, CI confidence interval