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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Nov 30;27(2):229–236. doi: 10.1007/s10552-015-0700-7

Table 2. Association of BMI and WHR with total mortality and recurrence/disease-specific mortality among TNBC.

Total mortality Recurrence/disease-specific mortality


Total No. of Event HR (95%CI)a Total No. of Event HR (95%CI)a
BMI at 1 year before diagnosis
 < 18.5 25 6 1.15(0.47,2.8) 25 5 1.26(0.48,3.27)
 18.5-23.9 271 56 1.00 271 52 1.00
 24.0-27.9 160 44 1.20(0.79,1.82) 160 35 1.23(0.78,1.94)
 ≥ 28.0 62 22 1.79(1.06,3.03) 62 20 1.83(1.05,3.21)
BMI at diagnosis
 <18.5 30 8 1.16(0.54,2.50) 30 7 1.28(0.57,2.89)
 18.5-23.9 279 60 1.00 279 53 1.00
 24.0-27.9 152 43 1.19(0.79,1.81) 152 36 1.38(0.88,2.17)
 ≥ 28.0 57 17 1.36(0.78,2.40) 57 16 1.53(0.84,2.77)
BMI at 6 months after diagnosis (baseline)
 <18.5 17 3 0.80(0.25,2.61) 17 2 0.53(0.13,2.22)
 18.5-23.9 253 56 1.00 253 50 1.00
 24.0-27.9 183 49 1.21(0.81,1.80) 183 42 1.15(0.75,1.77)
 ≥ 28.0 65 20 1.36(0.80,2.30) 65 18 1.40(0.80,2.45)
WHR at diagnosis
 <0.80 130 33 1.00 130 27 1.00
 0.80- 115 23 0.71(0.41,1.25) 115 23 0.92(0.51,1.65)
 0.83- 134 28 0.66(0.39,1.13) 134 23 0.67(0.37,1.22)
 ≥0.87 139 44 0.93(0.56,1.54) 139 39 1.11(0.64,1.91)
P for trend 0.89 0.83
a

Adjusted for age at diagnosis (continuous variable), education (<high school, high school, >high school), Charlson comorbidity index (0, ≥ 1), menopausal status at baseline (yes, no),exercise participation at baseline (yes, no), type of surgery received, chemotherapy (yes, no), radiotherapy (yes, no), and TNM stage (I, II, III, unknown)