The Association Between Body Size and Breast Cancer in Han Women in Northern and Eastern China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although obesity has been reported worldwide as a risk factor for breast cancer, there are still some inconsistencies regarding the association between obesity and breast cancer. Body mass index (BMI) is used most to assess the extent of obesity; however, the association of other body size characteristics, such as waist and hip circumference, with susceptibility to breast cancer in Chinese Han women needs to be better assessed.

Patients and methods

Female Chinese Han patients (N = 2,800) were recruited from 21 hospitals in northern and eastern China from April 2012 to April 2013 for a case-control study. The significant differences of factors related to body size between the breast-cancer case and control groups were determined by Student's t test

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5189621 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature