Key clinical point: Association of body mass index (BMI) with cardiometabolic risk score (CRS) and obesity-related protein score (OPS) and the relation between CRS and OPS in postmenopausal women indicated that weight control for the reduction of cardiometabolic risks may also help prevent breast cancer (BC).
Major finding: A 1-kg/m2 increase in BMI per year increased CRS in both premenopausal (0.057 units; P = .025) and postmenopausal women (0.054 units; P = .033) and increased OPS by 0.588 units (P = .001) in postmenopausal women. A significant association was also observed between CRS and OPS in post-menopausal women (β 0.281, P = .034).
Study details: This longitudinal study included 444 healthy women age 35-64 years.
Disclosures: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and other sources. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Xu B et al. Temporal relationships between BMI and obesity-related predictors of cardiometabolic and breast cancer risk in a longitudinal cohort. Sci Rep. 2023;13:12361 (Jul 31). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39387-w