Table 2. BMI and pausal status in 300 subjects affected by breast cancer and 300 control cases.

Pausal Status		Breast cancer patients n = 300	Control cases n = 300	P-value
B.M.I. premenopause				0.915
	Low	55 (53,4%)	73 (50,7%)
	Medium	35 (33,0%)	52 (36,1%)
	High	13 (12,6%)	19 (13,2%)
B.M.I. postmenopause				0.091
	Low	56 (28,4%)	56 (35,9%)
	Medium	80 (40,6%)	67 (42,9%)
	High	61 (30,0%)	33 (21,2%)

Mantel – Haenszel χ² p<0.05.