Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants
From: Breast cancer in postmenopausal women is associated with an altered gut metagenome
| Â | Premenopausal group | P value | Postmenopausal group | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Cases N = 18 | Controls N = 25 | Cases N = 44 | Controls N = 46 | ||
Age (m ± sd) | 37.06 ± 5.23 | 35.52 ± 6.02 | 0.389 | 57.45 ± 7.41 | 56.89 ± 6.41 | 0.7 |
BMI (m ± sd) | 22.95 ± 3.88 | 23.01 ± 1.95 | 0.952 | 23.64 ± 2.77 | 23.97 ± 2.50 | 0.559 |
Age at menopause, years | – | – | – | 49.39 ± 3.15 | 48.70 ± 2.87 | 0.29 |
Ethnicity, n (%) | Â | Â | 0.607 | Â | Â | 0.985 |
Han | 12 (66.7) | 20 (80.0) | Â | 33 (75.0) | 34 (73.9) | Â |
Zhuang | 5 (27.8) | 4 (16.0) | Â | 8 (18.2) | 9 (19.6) | Â |
Other | 1 (5.5) | 1 (4.0) | Â | 3 (6.8) | 3 (6.5) | Â |