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. 2020 Dec 22;8:576964. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.576964

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.