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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the breast cancer patients

From: Long-term effects of aromatase inhibitors on body mass index among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors in Africa: observational cohort study

Parameters

Treatment 1

Treatment 2

Treatment 3

p-value

N

56

39

31

 

BMI, mean (SD)

31.648214 (7.9894019)

31.130769 (6.8315119)

33.212903 (8.8297883)

0.53

Hs-CRP, median (IQR)

6.935 (2.295–12.62)

6.53 (2.98–13.29)

5.44 (2.22–12.41)

0.97

phosphate, median (IQR)

1.19 (1.09–1.295)

1.19 (1.03–1.32)

1.22 (1.12–1.31)

0.81

Calcium, mean (SD)

2.3473214 (0.09290251)

2.324359 (0.12069524)

2.356129 (0.09054198)

0.39

Phosphate, median (IQR)

4.9 (3.65–6.65)

5.4 (4.2–7.9)

5 (3.4–7.5)

0.23

Ferritin, median (IQR)

87 (34–145)

58 (35–137)

86 (34–156)

0.75

Homocysteine, median (IQR)

11.25 (9.7- 13.35)

11.6 (10- 15.3)

10.5 (9.2–14.1)

0.66

Total Body Fat, median (IQR)

48.75 (42- 53.3)

46 (43.8–52.2)

47.8 (43.5–51.5)

0.76

Hip Circumference, mean (SD)

111.86607 (16.88046)

111.11538 (14.125128)

119.91935 (14.208036)

0.035

  1. BMI = body mass index, pth = phosphate, SD = standard deviation, IQR = interquartile range, Hs-CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein. (1) = all types of surgeries, neo and adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and aromatase inhibitors, (2) = radiation therapy, neo and adjuvant therapy, and aromatase inhibitors, and (3) = surgery combined with aromatase inhibitors only