In addition, postmenopausal women with breast cancer had a significantly greater BMI than their control subgroup, the difference approaching significance in premenopausal women with and without cancer.
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Metabolic profile of breast cancer in a population of women in southern Spain.
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Metabolic alterations were greater in postmenopausal patients, and highly significant differences between healthy control women and patients with breast cancer were found in basal concentrations of glucose, HbA1c, C-peptide, total cholesterol, selenium and in the Quetelet index.
The difference between these groups approached significance for insulin, IGF-I and triglycerides concentrations, with a bigger sample size of future study, this shall be corrected.