Indice de massa corporal, padrão de distribuição de gordura corporal e expressão de receptores hormonais em mulheres com carcinoma de mama invasivo

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2008

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Objective: to evaluate the relation between body parameters used to define central obesity -waist circumference (WC) and waist to hip ratio (WRH)- and steroid receptor status in breast carcinomas of pre- and postmenopausal women. Subjects and methods: This is a cross-sectional study on 473 women with breast malignancies stage I-III, treated at the National Cancer Institute, Brazil, in 2004. Clinical and epidemiological data were obtained. The anthropometrics used to define obesity were obtained at the admission visit, before the surgical procedure, with the techniques recommended by the World Health Organization: weight (Kg), height (cm), the waist and hip circumferences (cm), body mass index (BMI, weight/(height^2)), and the waist to hip ratio. The expression of estrogen (ER) and progesterone (RP) receptors were determined with imunohistochemistry. The institutons? ethics review board has approved the study. Frequency comparisons were analyzed with Fisher?s exact tests. Prevalence ratios (PrevR) were calculated to assess the differences in prevalence for HR within the categories for BMI, WC and WHR. Results: Most women were overweight or obese (68.9%), and had central obesity (WC>=88 and WHR>=0.85 in 64.3 and 73.4%, respectively). The majority (54.1%) of the women had tumors that expressed ER and PR, being that 78.6% of the sample expressed at least one of the HR. There was a significantly higher proportion of positive RE+/RP+ tumors in postmenopausal women (p <0.001). BMI (p=0.12), WC (p=0.07) and WHP (p=0.55) were not related to the HR status in premenopausal women. In postmenopausal women, BMI (p=0.30), WC (p=0.35) and WHP (p=1.00) were also not related to the HR status. Conclusions: The present study reinforces the concept that the HR status of breast tumors is dependent upon the menopausal status. WC or WHR may not be good predictors of HR status in breast malignancies of pre- and postmenopausal women. Keywords: breast cancer, obesity, hormonal receptor, waist circumference

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hormone receptors breast circunferencia abdominal obesity abdominal circumference mamas - cancer receptores hormonais obesidade

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