Weight and weight change following breast cancer: evidence from a prospective, population-based, breast cancer cohort study

Table 2 Clinically assessed weight gain between 6 and 18 months, and 6 and 72 months, and relative to the AusDiab [42] study according to baseline age

^aClinical weight gain relative to sex- and age-matched AusDiab weight gain (i.e., case weight change – AusDiab average rate change per year (within 9-year age-strata)); 25–34 years > 700 g; 35–44 years > 500 g; 45–54 years > 380 g; 55–64 years > 140 g; 65–74 years > 0 g; no data available on the 75+ age group. ^bClinical weight gain relative to sex- and age-matched AusDiab weight gain (i.e., case weight change – AusDiab average rate change over 5 years (within 9-year age-strata)); 25–34 years > 3500 g; 35–44 years > 2500 g; 45–54 years > 190 g; 55–64 years > 700 g; 65–74 years > 0 g; no data available on the 75+ age group.

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