Table 1 Patients and tumor characteristics, all-cause and BC-specific deaths, overall and by menopausal-status. Naples, Italy, 2009-2022.

From: Central obesity, body mass index, metabolic syndrome and mortality in Mediterranean breast cancer patients

Variables

All

Pre-menopausal

Post-menopausal

N1 (%)

Deaths from all-causes

Deaths from breast cancer

N1 (%)

Deaths from all-causes

Deaths from breast cancer

N1 (%)

Deaths from all-causes

Deaths from breast cancer

 

955

208

131

369

34

31

586

174

100

Center

 IRCCS G. Pascale

526 (55)

137

87

196 (53)

20

19

330 (56)

117

68

 Policlinico Federico II

429 (45)

71

44

173 (47)

14

12

256 (44)

57

32

Age (years)

 < 40

93 (10)

15

14

92 (25)

15

14

1 (0)

0

0

40–49

249 (26)

21

17

232 (63)

16

14

17 (3)

5

3

 50–59

257 (27)

52

41

45 (12)

3

3

212 (36)

49

38

 ≥ 60

356 (37)

120

59

0

0

0

356 (61)

120

59

ER

 Negative (0)

172 (18)

49

36

57 (15)

10

9

115 (20)

39

27

 Positive (>0)

781 (82)

159

95

311 (84)

24

22

470 (80)

135

73

PGR

 Negative (0)

217 (23)

65

47

68 (18)

13

12

149 (25)

52

35

 Positive (>0)

736 (77)

143

84

300 (81)

21

19

436 (74)

122

65

Ki67>20

 Negative (<20%)

547 (58)

95

53

172 (47)

11

11

295 (50)

84

42

 Positive (≥20%)

398 (42)

112

77

194 (53)

22

19

287 (49)

90

58

Surrogate molecular subtypes

 Luminal A-like

310 (33)

59

30

110 (30)

3

3

200 (34)

56

27

 Luminal B-like/HER2-

341 (37)

75

50

141 (38)

15

13

200 (34)

60

37

 HER2+

152 (16)

34

23

67 (18)

6

6

85 (15)

28

17

 Triple negative

123 (13)

33

26

40 (11)

9

8

83 (14)

24

18

HR status

 HR–

158 (17)

48

36

49 (13)

9

9

109 (19)

39

27

 HR+

795 (83)

160

95

319 (86)

25

22

476 (81)

135

73

Cancer stage

 I–IIA

614 (64)

110

57

244 (66)

18

16

370 (63)

92

41

 IIB

125 (13)

30

19

46 (13)

7

7

79 (14)

23

12

 IIIA–IIIC

174 (18)

56

45

68 (18)

8

7

106 (18)

48

38

Tumor dimension (T)

 T1

530 (56)

96

54

215 (58)

15

13

315 (54)

81

41

 T2

352 (37)

89

60

125 (34)

16

15

227 (39)

73

45

 T3–T4

49 (5)

17

13

22 (6)

3

3

27 (5)

14

10

Axillary nodal status (N)

 N0

513 (54)

92

42

193 (52)

15

13

320 (55)

77

29

 N+

413 (43)

107

82

169 (46)

18

17

244 (42)

89

65

Histological grade

 G1

57 (6)

7

1

26 (7)

0

0

31 (5)

7

1

 G2

386 (40)

85

48

140 (38)

10

10

246 (42)

75

38

 G3

490 (51)

105

73

197 (53)

21

18

293 (50)

84

55

Cancer type

 Invasive ductal carcinoma

710 (74)

158

106

281 (76)

31

28

429 (73)

127

78

 Invasive lobular carcinoma

149 (16)

32

16

52 (14)

1

1

97 (17)

31

15

 Tubular carcinoma

31 (3)

4

2

15 (4)

0

0

16 (3)

4

2

 Other

65 (7)

14

7

21 (6)

2

2

44 (8)

12

5

Treatments

 No therapy

59 (7)

7

3

19 (5)

2

1

40 (7)

5

2

 Adjuvant/neoadjuvant

120 (14)

31

22

50 (14)

9

9

70 (12)

22

13

 Hormone

678 (79)

118

65

266 (72)

13

12

412 (70)

105

53

Body mass index, kg/m2

 N

933

202

127

359 (97)

33

30

574 (98)

169

97

 < 25

341 (37)

57

36

194 (53)

15

12

147 (25)

42

24

 25–30

317 (34)

67

36

112 (30)

12

12

205 (35)

55

24

 ≥ 30

275 (29)

78

55

53 (14)

6

6

222 (38)

72

49

Waist circumference, cm

 N

900

192

124

347 (94)

31

29

553 (94)

162

95

  < 88

410 (46)

64

41

225 (61)

15

14

185 (32)

49

27

  ≥ 88

490 (54)

129

83

122 (33)

16

15

368 (63)

113

68

Waist-to-hip ratio, u

 N

899

192

124

348 (94)

31

29

551 (94)

161

95

 ≤ 0.85

322 (36)

46

32

184 (50)

13

12

138 (24)

33

20

 > 0.85

577 (64)

146

92

164 (44)

18

17

413 (71)

128

75

Metabolic syndrome (MetS)2

 No

545 (76)

95

65

271 (93)

24

23

274 (64)

71

42

 Yes

173 (24)

64

42

21 (7)

2

2

152 (36)

62

40

MetS components

 None

122 (19)

11

10

81 (36)

6

6

41 (10)

5

4

 1–2

331 (53)

75

48

125 (55)

15

14

206 (52)

60

34

 ≥ 3

173 (28)

64

42

21 (69)

2

2

152 (38)

62

40

  1. ER estrogen receptor, PGR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor-2, HR hormone receptor.
  2. 1For some variables the sum does not add up to the total due to missing values.
  3. 2MetS was defined by the presence of 3 to 5 of the following criteria: WC ≥88 cm, blood pressure ≥ 130/ ≥ 85 mmHg, fasting (at least 8-hour fasting) concentration of serum triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL, high-density protein cholesterol (HDL-C) < 50 mg/dL and fasting plasma glucose concentration ≥ 110 mg/dL.