Association between skeletal muscle mass and mammographic breast density

Abstract Mammographic density (MD) of the breast and body mass index (BMI) are inversely associated with each other, but have inconsistent associations with respect to the risk of breast cancer. Skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) has been considered to reflect a relatively accurate fat and muscle perc...

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Autores principales: Kwan Ho Lee, Seoung Wan Chae, Ji Sup Yun, Yong Lai Park, Chan Heun Park
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Abstract Mammographic density (MD) of the breast and body mass index (BMI) are inversely associated with each other, but have inconsistent associations with respect to the risk of breast cancer. Skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) has been considered to reflect a relatively accurate fat and muscle percentage in the body. So, we evaluated the relation between SMI and MD. A cross-sectional study was performed in 143,456 women who underwent comprehensive examinations from 2012 to 2016. BMI was adjusted to analyze whether SMI is an independent factor predicting dense breast. After adjustment for confounding factors including BMI, the odds ratios for MD for the dense breasts was between the highest and lowest quartiles of SMI at 2.65 for premenopausal women and at 2.39 for postmenopausal women. SMI was a significant predictor for MD, which could be due to the similar growth mechanism of the skeletal muscle and breast parenchymal tissue. Further studies are needed to understand the causal link between muscularity, MD and breast cancer risk.