Body mass index and altered lipid profile as major risk markers for breast cancer progression: a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women in Pakistan

Table 2 The two-way ANOVA table for cholesterol, BMI, and central obesity with breast cancer

Dependent Variable	Independent Variables	Model	Sum of squares	df	Mean Square	F	p-value
Breast cancer occurrence (Yes = 1, No = 0)	WHR, WC	Between groups	14.012	2	7.006	32.558	< 0.001
		Within groups	81.988	381	0.215
		Total	192	383
	BMI	Between groups	23.149	1	23.149	121.386	< 0.001
		within groups	72.851	382	0.191
		Total	192	383
	Cholesterol	Between groups	40.078	1	40.078	273.77	< 0.001
		Within groups	55.922	382	0.146
		Total	192	383

Two-way ANOVA was applied to study the significance of various variables in breast cancer and the control group—body mass index: BMI, WC: waist circumference, and WHR: waist-to-hip ratio

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