Body Fat and Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Longitudinal Study
Table 7
-indices for DXA and anthropometric measures.
Predictor
(95% CI)
Difference from
WBFa
% body fat
Trunk FM
Total leg FM
Trunk : leg
BMI
WC
WBF
0.637 (0.610–0.663)
% body fat
0.630 (0.603–0.656)
0.506
0.613
Trunk FM
0.640 (0.614–0.666)
−0.269
0.788
0.773
0.439
Total leg FM
0.636 (0.609–0.662)
−0.964
0.335
−1.479
0.139
−0.689
0.491
Trunk : leg FM
0.635 (0.608–0.661)
0.157
0.875
−0.349
0.727
0.425
0.671
−1.125
0.260
BMI
0.641 (0.615–0.668)
−0.335
0.738
−0.837
0.403
−0.067
0.947
−0.617
0.537
−0.491
0.624
WC
0.645 (0.619–0.670)
−0.594
0.553
−1.101
0.271
−0.323
0.746
−0.363
0.717
−0.752
0.452
−0.255
0.799
WHR
0.640 (0.615–0.665)
−0.236
0.813
−0.752
0.452
0.038
0.970
−0.745
0.456
−0.397
0.692
0.106
0.915
0.369
0.712
WBF-whole body fat mass; trunk FM-fat mass of trunk; total leg FM-sum of fat mass of right leg and left leg; trunk : leg FM-ratio of trunk fat mass to average of R and L leg fat mass; BMI-body mass index; WC-waist circumference; WHR-waist : hip ratio.