Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Inactivity Are Positively Associated with Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics among participants.

Variables	Controls; (n = 226)	Cases; (n = 116)
Age (years)	52.8 ± 11.2	52.8 ± 11.8
Race/ Ethnicity
Caucasian (%)	30.0	30.2
Non-Caucasian (%)	70.0	69.8
Menopause status
Premenopausal (%)	38.9	38.8
Postmenopausal (%)	61.1	61.2
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.1 ± 4.9	28.4 ± 5.2
Smoking status (cigarettes/ day)	1.5 ± 5.8	1.2 ± 5.5
Ethanol intake (g/ day)	1.2 ± 3.8	1.5 ± 4.3
MET (min/week)^†	1663 ± 2509	1186 ± 1914

Nonparametric variables (Shapiro-Wilk test).
^† p < 0.01 controls vs. cases (Mann–Whitney U test).