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

Table 3 Correlation analysis and linear regression analysis between metabolic parameters and body composition parameters for breast cancer survivors and healthy controls

BCs (n = 32)	FM	FFM	BW	mREE	Controls (n = 36)	FM	FFM	BW	mREE
FM					FM
Pearson	1	0.582	0.943	0.513	Pearson	1	0.492	0.720	0.399
p-value		< 0.001*	< 0.001*	0.003	p-value		0.002*	< 0.001*	0.016*
FFM					*FFM*
Pearson	0.582	1	0.807	0.715	Pearson	0.492	1	0.722	0.624
p-value	< 0.001*		< 0.001*	< 0.001*	p-value	0.002*		< 0.001*	< 0.001*
BW					BW
Pearson	0.943	0.807	1	0.643	Pearson	0.720	0.722	1	0.713
p-value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*		< 0.001*	p-value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*		< 0.001*
mREE					*mRE*E
Pearson	0.513	0.715	0.643	1	Pearson	0.399	0.624	0.713	1
p-value	0.003	< 0.001*	< 0.001*		p-value	0.016*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Linear regression analysis for absolute mREE in BCs and controls
BCs (n = 32)	R²	R² *change*		*p-value*	*Controls (n = 36)*	R²	R² *change*		*p-value*
mREE					*mREE*
Model:				< 0.001*	Model:				< 0.001*
FFM		0.511		< 0.001*	BW		0.508		< 0.001*
BW		0.013		0.385	FFM		0.025		0.192
FM	0.511	0.002		0.725	FM	0.508	0.024		0.194

BCs breast cancer survivors: FM fat mass: FFM fat free mass: BW body weight: mREE absolute resting energy expenditure: mREE/FFM FFM-adjusted resting energy expenditure adjusted. *denotes significance at α < 0.05

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