Metabolic syndrome as independent risk factor among sample of Egyptian women with breast cancer

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Anthropometric indices in the two groups

Anthropometric indices	Breast cancer group (BC)	Control group (CG)	Test value	P value
Weight (kg)	85.32 ± 20.35	70.18 ± 17.49	−5.680•	0.000**
Height (cm)	157.18 ± 19.90	158.99 ± 7.42	0.804•	0.422
HC (cm)	115.67 ± 22.02	102.74 ± 20.11	−4.389•	0.000**
WHR	0.84 ± 0.10	0.84 ± 0.55	−0.122•	0.903
WHTR	0.63 (0.58 – 0.69)	0.42 (0.35 – 0.47)	−9.666^‡	0.000**
MUAC (cm)	36.34 ± 18.10	36.09 ± 4.80	−0.122•	0.903

HC hip circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHTR waist-to-height ratio, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference
P value > 0.05: Non-significant; P value < 0.05: Significant (*); and P value < 0.01: highly significant (**). •Independent t test; ^‡Mann–Whitney test
≠All data were presented as mean ± SD except WHTR presented as median (IQR) due to nonparametric distribution