Table 3.
Breast cancer incidence by BMI and WHR.
| (A) Bandera et al. (48) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-menopausal | Post-menopausal | |||||||
| Cases | Controls | OR | 95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR | 95% CI | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||
| <25 | 47 | 1,185 | Ref | 60 | 1,713 | Ref | ||
| 25–29.99 | 73 | 1,253 | 1.29 | 0.85–1.94 | 71 | 2,874 | 0.55 | 0.37–0.84 |
| 30–34.99 | 56 | 814 | 1.43 | 0.91–2.23 | 77 | 1,926 | 0.72 | 0.47–1.08 |
| ≥35 | 51 | 835 | 1.13 | 0.71–1.80 | 56 | 1,460 | 0.6 | 0.39–0.93 |
| WHR | ||||||||
| ≤ 0.74 | 33 | 1,006 | Ref | 21 | 1,071 | Ref | ||
| 0.75–0.81 | 55 | 938 | 1.26 | 0.78–2.03 | 40 | 1,106 | 1.33 | 0.76–2.31 |
| 0.82–0.88 | 63 | 851 | 1.18 | 0.73–1.91 | 72 | 1,232 | 1.73 | 1.02–2.91 |
| >0.88 | 71 | 853 | 1.4 | 0.85–2.31 | 81 | 1,212 | 1.6 | 0.94–2.73 |
| (B) Chollet-Hilton et al. (49) | ||||||||
| <40 years | ≥40 years | |||||||
| Cases | Controls | OR | 95% CI | Cases | Controls | OR | 95% CI | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||
| <25.0 | 149 | 466 | 1 | 283 | 955 | 1 | ||
| 25–29.9 | 119 | 368 | 0.92 | 0.66–1.28 | 376 | 1,172 | 0.99 | 0.81–1.21 |
| ≥30.0 | 156 | 497 | 0.71 | 0.51–0.98 | 491 | 1,628 | 0.91 | 0.75–1.10 |
| WHR | ||||||||
| <0.77 | 104 | 441 | 1 | 1,166 | 1,166 | 1 | ||
| 0.77–0.83 | 128 | 341 | 1.14 | 0.81–1.59 | 952 | 952 | 1.02 | 0.83–1.25 |
| ≥0.84 | 163 | 394 | 1.46 | 1.04–2.05 | 1,285 | 1,285 | 1.11 | 0.91–1.35 |
(A) TNBC in pre- and post-menopausal women. (B) Breast cancer incidence by age. BMI, Body mass index; WHR, Waist-hip ratio; OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval.