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Table 1 Baseline participants’ characteristics

From: Serum irisin levels are lower in patients with breast cancer: association with disease diagnosis and tumor characteristics

 

Controls

Cases

p-value

Demographic characteristics

 Ν

51

101

 

 Age (years)

55.7 ± 18.2

60.2 ± 13.7

0.131

 Female gender

51 (100 %)

101 (100 %)

-

 Menopausal status

  

0.183

 Pre-menopausal

17 (34.0 %)

24 (23.8 %)

 Post-menopausal

33 (66.0 %)

77 (76.2 %)

Anthropometric characteristics

 BMI (Kgr/m2)

25.7 ± 3.8

27.4 ± 5.1

0.021

 BMI status

  

0.036

 Normal weight

21 (42.0 %)

36 (36.4 %)

 Overweight

24 (48.0 %)

35 (35.4 %)

 Obese

5 (10.0 %)

28 (28.3 %)

Chronic Diseases

 Dyslipidemia

23 (46.0 %)

13 (12.9 %)

<0.001

Cancer History

 Personal history of breast benign disease

3 (6.0 %)

4 (4.0 %)

0.685

 Personal history of previous neoplasms

0 (0 %)

8 (7.9 %)

0.053

 Family history of breast and/or gynecological cancer

7 (14.0 %)

38 (38.0 %)

0.002