Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

WAIST HIP RATIO AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER

Dr. Alex Oommen, Dr. Sumin V S

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 Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer diagnosed among Indian women. One important factor proposed to contribute to the rising incidence is secular changes in lifestyle. Waist Hip Ratio has emerged as an important metameter for the association between adiposity and many obesity related diseases. The WHO Western Pacific Regional Office has defined obesity in Asian populations as WHR>0.85. This study aims to investigate the association between waist hip ratio and east cancer. This is a case control study conducted at Government Medical College , Kozhikode with 100 cases of female patients (30–60 years) with cytology proven Stage I/II/III east cancer and with 100 age matched controls. On evaluation it was found that WHR was significantly associated with female east cancer. When the results were stratified by different menopausal status of the women, higher WHR is associated with increased risk of east cancer in premenopausal patients whereas stastically no association between higher WHR and east cancer was found in  postmenopausal.To conclude high WHR is significantly associated with east cancer in the pre–menopausal group whereas no significant association was found in the post menopausal group.

 

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Dr. ALEX OOMMEN, Dr. SUMIN V S, WAIST HIP RATIO AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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