Table 3.

BMI at baseline of BC patients.

Breast cancer patients’ BMI	Modena	Lecce	p-Value
Mean BMI at the diagnosis (kg/m2)	25.87 (15–48); SD 5.07	27.81 (18–51);SD 6.00	0.000001
BMI group (kg/m2)
Underweight <18.5	16 (3.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0.000109
Normal weight ≥ 18.5–24.9	214 (45.5%)	183 (36.1%)
Overweight ≥ 25.0–29.9	136 (28.9%)	166 (32.7%)
Obese ≥30	104 (23.4%)	154 (30.4%)

BMI, body mass index.