Table 2. Anthropometric and metabolic characteristics of the study groups.
| Breast tumor (n = 30) | Benign breast lesion (n = 30) | p-value | |
| Mean ± SEM | Mean ± SEM | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.5±0.4 | 22.6±1.3 | >0.05 |
| WHR | 0.89±0.02 | 0.85±0.01 | >0.05 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l) | 5.0±0.3 | 4.8±0.4 | >0.05 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 127±9.7 | 126±8.9 | >0.05 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 75±5.7 | 80±13.6 | >0.05 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 3.60±0.63 | 4.11±0.49 | >0.05 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.13±0.27 | 1.25±0.27 | >0.05 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | 2.05±0.42 | 2.14±0.66 | >0.05 |
| TG (triglyceride) (mmol/l) | 1.19±0.40 | 1.23±0.71 | >0.05 |