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Table 3 Subgroup analysis: breast cancer specific deaths by 10 years by BMI group and other factors

From: Obesity and breast cancer outcomes in chemotherapy patients in New Zealand – a population-based cohort study

 

BMI <24

BMI 25-29.9

BMI 30+

P value

 

Total

No.

331

349

369

 

Deaths 10 years, %

All patients

19.0

15.8

19.8

P value

Age

<40

132

20.0

38.0

20.0

0.1

40-59

678

18.2

10.9

19.7

0.02

60+

239

29.2

35.4

35.4

0.9

Menopause

Pre-menopause

474

16.2

16.0

18.5

0.8

Peri-menopause

65

6.3

13.6

11.1

0.8

Post-menopause

506

23.9

15.9

22.3

0.2

Ethnicity*

Maori

194

26.8

21.3

24.5

0.8

NZ European

793

18.7

15.6

17.3

0.6

Stage

1, 2

684

8.9

9.9

8.4

0.9

3, 4

365

40.2

27.6

38.0

0.1

Detection

Screen detected

303

12.2

11.1

11.6

0.9

Symptomatic

746

21.0

18.1

23.4

0.4

Receptors

ER+, PR+

515

13.0

12.1

14.4

0.8

ER-, PR-

270

15.8

13.6

22.2

0.3

+/-

238

30.1

25.0

27.7

0.7

Systemic treatment

Chemo only

338

33.0

24.1

32.8

0.2

Chemo + hormonal

711

12.4

11.6

13.8

0.8

Surgery

Breast conserving surgery

496

14.2

11.4

9.9

0.5

Mastectomy

509

20.4

16.4

24.1

0.2

Radiotherapy

RT

830

18.0

13.7

16.1

0.4

no RT

175

22.4

23.6

37.5

0.09

Health sector

Public

672

22.2

16.4

20.4

0.3

Private

377

15.1

14.9

17.8

0.8

  1. *Notes: Ethnicity: Pacific, Asian, Other, too few for separate assessment
  2. P values from chi square value for each subgroup