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Postmenopausal Women with Endometrial Cancer Have Greater Metabolic Dysfunction and Higher BMI than Women with Benign Endometrium

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Obesity is an independent risk factor for endometrial adenocarcinoma (EC), yet it is unknown which attributes of obesity contribute to EC pathogenesis. We hypothesize that heterogeneity in metabolic health distinguishes… Click to show full abstract

Obesity is an independent risk factor for endometrial adenocarcinoma (EC), yet it is unknown which attributes of obesity contribute to EC pathogenesis. We hypothesize that heterogeneity in metabolic health distinguishes which obese women are at risk for EC. We previously found that more premenopausal women with pre-malignant hyperplasia had type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia than women with benign hyperplasia (BH), despite similar BMI. BH is the ideal control condition since presenting symptoms are similar, yet malignant transformation is negligible. Thus, we sought to compare metabolic abnormalities in postmenopausal women with EC and BH. We reviewed medical records of 284 women who received a biopsy/hysterectomy at our center over 3 years. We examined non-Hispanic white women age 50-65 years with BMI 25-50 kg/m2, to limit variability in factors known to affect metabolism. 122 women had histologically confirmed EC (n=74) or BH (n=48), and 60% had lab data. Variables were analyzed by chi-squared or Student’s T test. Women with EC were older (58 ± 0.5 vs. 53 ± 0.4 years, p Disclosure K.M. Cooke: None. E. Dun: None. A.K. Anam: None. C. Flannery: None.

Keywords: women endometrial; endometrial cancer; cancer greater; women benign; none; postmenopausal women

Journal Title: Diabetes
Year Published: 2018

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