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Table 2 Metabolic and anthropometric profile of breast cancer cases and control groups

From: Metabolic syndrome and breast cancer risk

Characteristics

Breast cancer

N = 112

No. (%)

Control

N = 112

No. (%)

Total

N = 224

No. (%)

p-value *

Metabolic profiles (mean ± SD)

 Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

212.55 ± 42.1

192.3 ± 40.04

202.4 ± 42.2

 < 0.001

 HDL-c (mg/dl)

40.01 ± 8.3

47.6 ± 11.4

44.3 ± 10.5

 < 0.001

 TG (mg/dl)

214.6 ± 103.6

151.6 ± 78.4

183.1 ± 96.9

 < 0.00

 FBG (mg/dl)

120.8 ± 60.9

95.8 ± 28.9

108.3 ± 49.1

 < 0.001

 FIR

0.368 ± 0.236

0.355 ± 0.193

0.361 ± 0.215

0.936

 SBP

120.9 ± 7.5

118.4 ± 7.4

119.7 ± 7.5

0.012

 DBP

80.4 ± 5.97

79.9 ± 4.3

80.5 ± 5.2

0.482

Anthropometric profiles (mean ± SD)

 Weight (kg)

77.6 ± 14.9

71.2 ± 13.5

74.4 ± 14.5

 < 0.001

 Waist circumference (cm)

90.5 ± 18.0

88.2 ± 15.1

89.3 ± 16.6

0.289

 BMI (kg/m2)

29.7 ± 5.7

26.8 ± 4.8

28.3 ± 5.5

 < 0.001

BMI classification (kg/m2)

 Underweight

1 (0.9)

3 (2.7)

4 (1.8)

P-value for linear trend

0.002

 Normal

17 (15.2)

39 (34.8)

56 (25.0)

 Overweight

43 (38.4)

42 (37.5)

85 (37.9)

 Obese

43 (38.4)

25 (22.3)

68 (30.4)

 Morbid obese

8 (7.1)

3 (2.7)

11 (4.9)

  1. *p-value is significant ≤ 0.05, SD standard deviation, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, FBG fasting blood glucose, FIR fasting insulin resistance, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index