Associations of Biomarkers of Inflammation and Breast Cancer in the Breast Adipose Tissue of Women with Combined Measures of Adiposity

Table 1

Characteristics of study population n = 141.

Characteristics	Adiposity combinations^1
	BMI^LOWC^LO	BMI^LOWC^HI	BMI^HIWC^LO	BMI^HIWC^HI
n (%)	59 (41.8)	10 (7.1)	9 (6.4)	63 (44.7)
Age at surgery, years (mean ± SD)	50.4 ± 7.4	54.4 ± 9.8	52.0 ± 6.9	54.1 ± 7.4
Postmenopausal, n (%)	22 (37.3)	6 (60.0)	3 (33.3)	36 (57.1)
BMI, kg/m^2 (median (IQR))	22.7 (21.2–24.2)	24.3 (23.4–25.2)	26.1 (26.0–26.9)	30.1 (27.4–35.1)
WC, cm (median (IQR))	75.0 (72.0–79.0)	86.0 (86.0–88.0)	83.0 (81.0–85.0)	95.0 (90.0–104.0)

¹BMI^HI is ≥median (25.5 kg/m²); WC^HI is ≥ median (86.0 cm). BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; LO = low adiposity; HI = high adiposity; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.