Association of hyperlipidemia with breast cancer in Bangladeshi women.

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

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SUBMITTER: Chowdhury FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature