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Table 2 ANOVA: Comparison of means between dysfunctional BC survivors, functional BC survivors and healthy controls

From: Resting energy expenditure, body composition, and metabolic alterations in breast cancer survivors vs. healthy controls: a cross-sectional study

Group(n)/ Parameter

Dysf BCs (n = 19) Mean ± SD

Funct BCs (n = 13) Mean ± SD

Controls (n = 36) Mean ± SD

p-value

(Dysf. vs. control)

(Funct. vs. control)

(Dysf. vs. funct)

mREE

1506 ± 174

1372 ± 116

1422 ± 153

0.049*

    

0.115 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.531 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.026* (Dysf. vs. funct)

mREE/FFM

32 ± 3

33 ± 3

31 ± 3

0.080

    

0.213 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.084 (Funct. vs. control)

0.576 (Dysf. vs. funct)

mREE/FFMi

92 ± 8

92 ± 8

87 ± 10

0.098

    

0.120 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.129 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.995 (Dysf. vs. funct)

Body weight (kg)

77.2 ± 14.9

61.6 ± 9.2

70.4 ± 13.8

0.008*

    

0.145 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.090 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.002* (Dysf. vs. funct)

Body composition

    

 FM (kg)

31.4 ± 10.7

20.1 ± 6.8

26.0 ± 13.7

0.040*

    

0.259 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0. 209 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.002* (Dysf. vs. funct)

 FM (%)

37.9 ± 8.8

31.7 ± 6.6

33.3 ± 8.5

0.081

    

0.115 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.769 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.044* (Dysf. vs. funct)

 FMi (FM/m2)

18.3 ± 6.2

11.9 ± 4.1

15.4 ± 7.9

0.041*

    

0.265 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.210 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.003* (Dysf. vs. funct)

 FFM (kg)

46.8 ± 6.1

41.8 ± 4.2

46.1 ± 5.4

0.029*

    

0.884 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.033* (Funct. vs. control)

 FFM (%)

61.7 ± 8.1

65.1 ± 12.9

65.1 ± 11.8

0.013* (Dysf. vs. funct)

    

0.548

    

0.495 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

1.000 (Funct. vs. control)

 FFMi (FFM/m2)

16.4 ± 1.9

15.0 ± 1.0

16.4 ± 1.5

0.382 (Dysf. vs. funct)

    

0.013*

    

1.000 (Dysf. vs. control)

    

0.010 (Funct. vs. control)

    

0.008* (Dysf. vs. funct)

  1. BCs Overall breast cancer survivors, Dysf BCs Metabolically dysfunctional BCs, Funct BCs Metabolically functional BCs, SD Standard deviation, n Number of participants, kg Kilogram, mREE Absolute resting energy expenditure, mREE/FFM FFM-adjusted resting energy expenditure, mREE/FFMi Fat free mass index-adjusted mREE, FM Fat mass (in kg and %), FFM Fat free mass (in kg and %), FMi (FM/m2) Fat mass index, FFMi (FFM/m2) Fat free mass index. *denotes significance at α < 0.05