Takayuki Iwamoto
   Department   Kawasaki Medical School  Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery,
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types 原著
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Body mass index and survival after diagnosis of invasive breast cancer: a study based on the Japanese National Clinical Database-Breast Cancer Registry.
Journal Formal name:Cancer medicine
Abbreviation:Cancer Med
ISSN code:20457634/20457634
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 5(6),pp.1328-40
Author and coauthor Masaaki Kawai, Ai Tomotaki, Hiroaki Miyata, Takayuki Iwamoto, Naoki Niikura, Keisei Anan, Naoki Hayashi, Kenjiro Aogi, Takanori Ishida, Hideji Masuoka, Kotaro Iijima, Shinobu Masuda, Koichiro Tsugawa, Takayuki Kinoshita, Seigo Nakamura, Yutaka Tokuda
Publication date 2016/06
Summary Few studies have reported the association between body mass index (BMI) and outcome among Asian breast cancer patients. We analyzed data for 20,090 female invasive breast cancer patients who had been followed-up for a median period of 6.7 years entered in the National Clinical Database-Breast Cancer Registry between 2004 and 2006. We used mainly the WHO criteria for BMI (kg/m(2) ) categories; <18.5 (underweight), ≥18.5-<21.8 (reference), ≥21.8-<25, ≥25-<30 (overweight), and ≥30 (obese). We divided normal weight patients into two subgroups because this category includes many patients compared to others. The timing of BMI measurement was not specified. The Cox proportional hazards model and cubic spline regression were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Smoking, alcohol, and physical activity were not controlled. A total of 1418 all-cause, 937 breast cancer-specific deaths, and 2433 recurrences were observed. Obesity was associated with an increased risk of all-cause (HR: 1.46; 95% CI: 1.16-1.83) and breast cancer-specific death (HR: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.11-1.93) for all patients, and with all-cause (HR: 1.47; 95% CI: 1.13-1.92) and breast cancer-specific death (HR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.13-2.20) for postmenopausal patients. Being underweight was associated with an increased risk of all-cause death for all (HR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.16-1.71) and for postmenopausal patients (HR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.15-1.84). With regard to subtype and menopausal status, obesity was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer-specific death for all cases of luminal B tumor (HR: 2.59; 95% CI: 1.51-4.43; Pheterogeneity of Luminal B vs. Triple negative = 0.016) and for postmenopausal patients with luminal B tumor (HR: 3.24; 95% CI: 1.71-6.17). Being obese or underweight is associated with a higher risk of death among female breast cancer patients in Japan.
DOI 10.1002/cam4.678
PMID 26923549