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- The study investigates the link between being overweight and inflammatory markers with breast cancer risk among Chinese patients.
- Data was collected from 383 patients with benign breast lumps and 358 with malignant tumors, focusing on various blood counts and measurements related to body weight.
- Findings suggest that higher body mass index (BMI) and elevated levels of hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are associated with a greater risk of developing breast cancer in these patients.
Article Abstract
Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the association of overweight and inflammatory indicators with breast cancer risk in Chinese patients.
Methods: Weight, height, and peripheral blood inflammatory indicators, including white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophil count (NE), lymphocyte count (LY), platelet count (PLT) and the concentration of hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), were collected in 383 patients with benign breast lumps (non-cancer) and 358 patients with malignant breast tumors (cancer) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China, from March 2018 to July 2020. Body mass index (BMI), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) were determined according to the ratio equation. The correlations among overweight, inflammatory indicators, and the proportion of non-cancer or cancer cases were analyzed.
Results: BMI is associated with an increased breast cancer risk. Compared with non-cancer patients, the average WBC count, NE count, NLR, and level of hsCRP were significantly higher in cancer patients. The level of hsCRP was closely associated with the size of malignant breast tumors.
Conclusion: We conclude that overweight and high levels of hsCRP may serve as putative risk factors for malignant breast tumors in Chinese women.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11086397 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S428696 | DOI Listing |
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