Title
History of obesity as risk factor for breast cancer in patients at a public hospital in Peru
Other title
Historia de obesidad como factor asociado al cáncer de mama en pacientes de un hospital público del Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
A case control study was performed including 123 patients with breast cancer diagnosis as cases and 208 healthy women as controls. for analysing obesity we had two parameters: Past BMI (with weight during a long period of patient's lifetime) and current IMC (with quantified current weight). Also other known risk factors were included. Past BMI shown increased risk both in premenopausal women: in 25.0-29.99 kg/m2 OR:7.29(CI95%:1.752-30.38); in ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 OR:23.43(CI95%:2.401-229.7); as in postmenopausal women: in 25.0-29.99 kg/m2 OR:3.33(CI95%:1.54-7.19); in ≥30.0 kg/m2 OR:6.04(CI95%:1.78-20.50). On the other hand current BMI didn't show the same association both in premenopausal women: in 25.0-29.99 kg/m2 OR:0.229(CI95%:0.053-0.99); in ≥30.0kg/m2 OR:0.369 (CI95%:0.076-1.802); as in postmenopausal women: in 25.0-29.99 kg/m2 OR:0.79(CI95%:0.35-1.85); in ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 OR:1.19(CI95%: 0.42-3.38). In conclusion, the history of obesity is associated with increased risk of breast cancer both in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Start page
343
End page
348
Volume
26
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-71049126508
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
1726-4634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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