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Table 3 Effect of patients’ sociodemographic characteristics on the frequency of IFSE use

From: Application of intraoperative frozen section examination in the management of female breast cancer in China: a nationwide, multicenter 10-year epidemiological study

Sociodemographic characteristic

Group A

Group B

Total

χ2value

P value

 

Number

Percentage (%)

Number

Percentage (%)

 

Education level

Primary school and lower

372

98.41

6

1.59

378

  
 

Junior and senior high school

626

98.12

12

1.88

638

14.835

0.001

 

Junior college and higher

270

94.08

17

5.92

287

  

Total

1,268

 

35

 

1,303*

  

Occupation

Manual work

984

96.09

40

3.91

1,024

  
 

Intellectual work

569

91.63

52

8.37

621

15.902

<0.001

 

Other**

344

95.56

16

4.44

360

  

Total

1,897

 

108

 

2,005*

  

Age (years)

<35

114

82.01

25

17.99

139

59.602

<0.001

 

35–49

1,074

93.80

71

6.20

1,145

  
 

50–64

774

97.60

19

2.40

793

  
 

>64

198

96.12

8

3.88

206

  

Total

2,160

 

123

 

2,283

  
  1. * Patients whose data were unavailable are not included in the table. ** Other: Those with occupations that are difficult to classify as manual or intellectual work, namely, housewives, merchants, soldiers, and unemployed individuals.