Associations of Biomarkers of Inflammation and Breast Cancer in the Breast Adipose Tissue of Women with Combined Measures of Adiposity
Table 1
Characteristics of study population n = 141.
Characteristics
Adiposity combinations1
BMILOWCLO
BMILOWCHI
BMIHIWCLO
BMIHIWCHI
n (%)
59 (41.8)
10 (7.1)
9 (6.4)
63 (44.7)
Age at surgery, years (mean ± SD)
50.4 ± 7.4
54.4 ± 9.8
52.0 ± 6.9
54.1 ± 7.4
Postmenopausal, n (%)
22 (37.3)
6 (60.0)
3 (33.3)
36 (57.1)
BMI, kg/m2 (median (IQR))
22.7 (21.2–24.2)
24.3 (23.4–25.2)
26.1 (26.0–26.9)
30.1 (27.4–35.1)
WC, cm (median (IQR))
75.0 (72.0–79.0)
86.0 (86.0–88.0)
83.0 (81.0–85.0)
95.0 (90.0–104.0)
1BMIHI is ≥median (25.5 kg/m2); WCHI is ≥ median (86.0 cm). BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; LO = low adiposity; HI = high adiposity; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.