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. 2019 Sep;8(5):1939–1949. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.09.16

Table 4. Comparison of average anthropometric factors (distribution of abdominal fat and BMI) and classified by hormone in only breast cancer patients.

Hormone Subject Score No. (%) of participants Total abdominal fat (mm2) Visceral fat (mm2) Subcutaneous fat (mm2) Abdominal fat ratio (%) BMI
Average P Average P Average P Average P Average P
ER Total patients Negative 72 (30.8) 24,596.6 0.21 9,028.6 0.11 15,567.9 0.47 33.9 0.12 23.6 0.98
Positive 162 (69.2) 22,775.1 7,778.9 14,996.1 31.9 23.6
Pre-menopausal Negative 30 (23.3) 19,049.7 0.63 5,936.8 0.67 1,312.8 0.63 29.0 0.41 22.4 0.64
Positive 99 (76.7) 19,939.3 6,305.1 13,634.1 19.1 22.7
Post-menopausal Negative 42 (40.0) 28,384.6 0.81 11,140.0 0.60 17,244.6 0.87 37.3 0.72 24.5 0.25
Positive 63 (60.0) 27,951.6 10,539.8 17,411.8 36.5 25.2
PR Total patients Negative 98 (41.9) 24,822.8 0.06 9,153.9 0.02 15,668.8 0.27 34.4 0.06 23.7 0.78
Positive 136 (58.1) 22,362.2 7,515.1 14,847.1 31.3 23.6
Pre-menopausal Negative 42 (32.3) 19,948.8 0.86 6,414.5 0.74 13,534.3 0.98 29.8 0.33 22.3 0.49
Positive 88 (67.7) 19,652.2 6,142.0 13,510.2 28.8 22.8
Post-menopausal Negative 56 (53.8) 28,290.9 0.83 11,103.1 0.51 17,187.7 0.74 37.6 0.41 24.7 0.44
Positive 48 (46.2) 27,953.9 10,446.1 17,507.8 36.0 25.2
HER2 Total patients Negative 156 (68.7) 24,101.5 0.14 8,597.7 0.27 15,503.8 0.12 33.4 0.43 24.0 0.28
Positive 71 (31.3) 22,204.1 7,553.6 14,651.1 30.9 23.1
Pre-menopausal Negative 89 (71.2) 21,063.4 0.00 6,905.0 0.00 14,158.3 0.03 30.3 0.02 23.0 0.06
Positive 36 (28.8) 16,468.4 4,535.6 1,193.7 26.0 21.9
Post-menopausal Negative 67 (65.7) 28,137.2 0.82 10,846.1 0.84 17,291.0 0.53 37.3 0.58 25.3 0.65
Positive 35 (34.3) 28,103.8 10,656.6 17,447.1 35.9 24.3

ER and PR were classified as Allred score: ≥3= positive, 0–2= negative; HER2 was classified: ≥3= positive, 0–1= negative; P: t-test (2-tailed). BMI, body mass index; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2.