Table 1.
General clinical characteristics of the study population.
| BCS n = 27 |
Control N = 31 |
Significance p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56 (46–62) | 51 (43–56) | 0.11 |
| Height (cm) | 152 (148–157) | 155 (150–158) | 0.38 |
| Weight (kg) | 65.0 (55.4–76.3) | 67.3 (58.2–69.8) | 0.83 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.5 (24.7–32.4) | 27.4 (24.9–37.4) | 0.39 |
| Menarche (years) | 12 (12–13) | 13 (12–14) | 0.48 |
| Number of gestations | 2 (1–3) | 3 (2–4) | 0.13 |
| Time since initial diagnose of cancer (years) | 3.8 (2.4–6.0) | – | – |
| Time since surgery (years) | 3.7 (1.4–4.8) | – | – |
| Lumpectomy/mastectomy | 24 (88.8) | – | – |
| Family history of cancer (yes) | 11 (40.7) | 8 (25.8) | 0.17 |
| Family history of cancer (no) | 16 (59.3) | 23 (74.2) | |
| Smoking | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Data as presented as median (25th, 75th percentiles) or numbers (%). Mann–Whitney U test (continuous variables) between Breast cancer survivors (BCS) and Control groups. Fisher's exact test for categorical variables.