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. 2018;19(9):2429–2436. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.9.2429

Table 5.

Association of BMI and WC with Clinicophatological Variable among Postmenopausal Breast Cancer. Brazil, 2017

ER Status PR Status HeR-2 Status TN
Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Yes No
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Prediagnosis BMI (kg/m2)
 <30 13 (31.7) 28 (68.3) 15 (37.5) 25 (62.5) 9 (28.1) 23 (71.9) 6 (18.8) 26 (81.3)
 ≥30 1 (4.8) 20 (95.2) 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7) 6 (35.3) 11 (64.7) 0 (0.0) 17 (100.0)
 p value 0.01* 0.05* 0.60 0.06*
Current BMI (kg/m2)
 <30 6 (15.4) 33 (84.6) 10 (26.3) 28 (73.7) 9 (31.0) 20 (69.0) 27 (93.1) 2 (6.9)
 ≥30 8 (34,8) 15 (65.2) 8 (34.8) 15 (65.2) 6 (30.0) 14 (70.0) 16 (80.0) 4 (20.0)
 p value 0.07 0.48 0.93 0.17*
BMI at age 20 years (kg/m2)
 <30 13 (21.3) 48 (78.7) 17 (28.3) 43 (71.7) 15 (31.3) 33 (68.8) 6 (12.5) 42 (87.5)
 ≥30 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
 p value 0.22* 0.29* 0.69* 0.87*
Waist circumference (cm)
 <80 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0) 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0)
 ≥80 13 (22.8) 44 (77.2) 17 (30.4) 39 (69.6) 13 (29.5) 31 (70.5) 5 (11.4) 39 (88.6)
 p value 0.68* 0.53* 0.48* 0.49*

ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; HER-2, Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2; TN, triple-negative;

*

Fisher´s exact test