Fig. 2.

Evaluation of the prevalence of individual symptoms (1–15) of the “Flammer Syndrome” phenotype in two groups of comparison: “Breast cancer diseased” (BC total) versus “Breast cancer-free” reference (BC-free Ref) groups. Therein, the entire breast cancer patient pool (“BC total”) has been additionally analysed in subgroups stratified according to the menopausal status of the patients. For more details regarding the patient’s recruitment and stratification, see “Materials and methods” section. The prevalence in each individual group is presented by percentage of individuals who have responded to the corresponding question with “frequently” and “sometimes” pooled together. Responders answering with “I do not know” have been excluded from the overall numbers/calculations. Question-specific notes: question 6—the ratio between “I do not feel thirsty and drink little” and “I feel much thirsty and drink a lot” has been calculated and expressed as X times; question 12—answers “very slim” and “slim” are pooled together and presented in percentage