TABLE 4

Distributions of SLS Visual Grades in 3 Patient Groups with Different Axillary LN Statuses

	No. of patients in each patient group
Visual grade	SLN-negative	SLN-positive–NSLN-negative	SLN-positive–NSLN-positive	P
1	63 (32*)	57 (36^†)	19 (13^‡)	* vs. ^†: 0.486
				^† vs. ^‡: < 0.001
				* vs. ^‡: < 0.001
2	98 (49*)	74 (47^†)	52 (37^‡)	* vs. ^†: 0.643
				^† vs. ^‡: 0.082
				* vs. ^‡: 0.023
3	23 (12*)	23 (18^†)	54 (38^‡)	* vs. ^†: 0.404
				^† vs. ^‡: < 0.001
				* vs. ^‡: < 0.001
4	16 (8*)	5 (3^†)	17 (12^‡)	* vs. ^†: 0.052
				^† vs. ^‡: 0.003
				* vs. ^‡: 0.220
Total	200 (100)	159 (100)	142 (100)