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Influence of some anthropometric parameters on the risk of development of distal complications after mastectomy carried out because of breast carcinoma

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: The analysis included 46 women after radical breast amputation because of cancer with which lymphoedema occurred in the upper limb, as well as 51 women in whom no lymphoedema occurred during the period of the observation. Both groups were subjected to a comparative analysis as for height, body mass, and weight-height indexes: BMI, Quetelet, Rohrer, and Pignet-Verwaeck. The results show that women with high body mass, obesity (BMI > 30.0), and high values of the Quetelet (>370), Rohrer (>1.59), and Pignet-Verwaeck (>93.1) indexes are threatened to a significant degree with lymphoedema of the upper limbs after cancer-related mastectomy. On the other hand, slim body build and low index values appear to be a factor protecting from the occurrence of lymphoedema of the upper limb.

Source: American Journal of Human Biology

DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10158

Authors: Zbigniew Kopanski, Tomasz Wojewoda, Aleksandra Wojewoda, Malgorzata Schlegel‐Zawadzka, Renata Wozniacka, Agnieszka Suder, Tomasz Kosciuk

Institutions: University of Physical Culture in Kraków, Muzeum Krakowa, Jagiellonian University

Language: English

Topic: Lymphatic System and Diseases

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2019616388

FWCI: 0.665

Cites: 22

Cited by: 22

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