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ABSTRACT: Background
The association of circulating lipids with breast cancer is being debated. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between abnormal plasma lipids and breast cancer risk in Bangladeshi women.Methods
This was a case-control study designed using a population of 150 women (50 women in each group). The lipid levels of women with breast cancer were compared to the lipid levels of women with benign breast disease (control group 1) and healthy women (control group 2). Study samples were collected from the Department of Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, for a period of 1 year. Ethical measures were in compliance with the current Declaration of Helsinki. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 26.Results
All of the comparison groups shared similar sociodemographic, anthropometric and obstetric characteristics. The incidence of dyslipidemia was significantly higher in breast cancer patients (96%) than in healthy women (84%) and patients with benign breast disease (82%) (P < 0.05 for both). The levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol among the breast cancer patient group were significantly higher than those among both benign breast disease patients and healthy women (P < 0.05), except for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Adjusting for other factors, body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) (> 23) [OR 53.65; 95% CI: 5.70-504.73; P < 0.001] and total cholesterol (mg/dl) (≥ 200) [OR 16.05; 95% CI: 3.13-82.29; P < 0.001] were independently associated with breast cancer.Conclusions
Total cholesterol and BMI are independent predictors of breast cancer risk among Bangladeshi women.
SUBMITTER: Chowdhury FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Chowdhury Fatama Akter FA Islam Md Faridul MF Prova Mahnaz Tabassum MT Khatun Mahbuba M Sharmin Iffat I Islam Kazi Mazharul KM Hassan Md Kamrul MK Khan Md Abdullah Saeed MAS Rahman Mohammed Mostafizur MM
Lipids in health and disease 20210522 1
<h4>Background</h4>The association of circulating lipids with breast cancer is being debated. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between abnormal plasma lipids and breast cancer risk in Bangladeshi women.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a case-control study designed using a population of 150 women (50 women in each group). The lipid levels of women with breast cancer were compared to the lipid levels of women with benign breast disease (control group 1) and healthy women (contro ...[more]