Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors, Family Information and Gynecology History on Ultrasound Breast Morphologyin Different Age Groups

Abstract

Background: A number of factors such as age, hormones, reproductive history, diet and genetics influence the morphology of a woman#x2019;s breast. A study conducted found age, hormones, reproductive history, genetics and diet (body habitus) to be the major contributors to breast density. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and find association of breast morphology with socio-demographic factors, family information and gynecology history by ultrasound. Methods: A self- administration questionnaire that included information of patients and an analytic cross-sectional study design was used to determine the morphology of normal breast among all respondents that attending the imaging department of Golden Horses Health Sanctuary, Sri-Kembangan located in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. All women were subjected to bilateral whole breast ultrasound using ultrasound. Results: About 615 women were examined from October 2013 to December 2014 within age groups from 20-70 years old and different ethnic group (Malay, Chinese and Indian).The majority of mean age were 45.92, the mean of menopausal of premenopausal age was 43.00(SD5.54), while for post-menopausal age was 49.79(SD3.53). Studies were equal among age groups, religion, education level, occupation, income and marital status and some tissue in different quadrant for right and left breast i.e subcutaneous fat of left breast in UOQ (L=0.48, p-value=0.75), LOQ (L=1.82, p-value=0.13) and UIQ (L=1.27, p-value=0.24). Conclusion: Study shows that there was variation and association in tissue with age, ethnic and religion in different quadrants with p-value gt; 0.05, except in some quadrant of other tissue of right and left breast quadrants, while in education level, occupation, income and marital status there were no association with breast morphology.