Body Composition in Women after Radical Mastectomy

Jacek Wilczyński, Piotr Sobolewski, Rafał Zieliński and Magdalena Kabała
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Jacek Wilczyński: Laboratory of Posturology, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
Piotr Sobolewski: Laboratory of Posturology, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
Rafał Zieliński: Laboratory of Posturology, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
Magdalena Kabała: Laboratory of Posturology, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 23, 1-9

Abstract: The aim of the study was to analyse the body composition among women after radical mastectomy. The body compositions of 30 women after radical mastectomy (study group) were compared with those of 30 healthy females (control group). The method of electrical bioimpedance was used to analyse body composition. The significant differences between the groups, unfavourable for women, following mastectomy concerned body mass ( p = 0.021), BMI ( p = 0.049), fat mass (%) ( p = 0.007), fat mass (kg) ( p = 0.005), total body water (%) ( p = 0.002), left upper limb fat mass ( p = 0.013) as well as right upper limb fat mass ( p = 0.022). The body composition of women after radical mastectomy was significantly worse compared to the control group. The majority of subjects were overweight and had high levels of body fat. Abnormal body composition is a modifiable risk factor of breast cancer; therefore, improving lifestyle is important in the prevention and treatment of this disease. There is a need for education, dietary supervision and physical activity in women following radical mastectomy. The innovation of our study was the use of the modern bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method, which does not cause ionisation and is a gold standard in the field of body composition analysis. In future research, we plan to broaden the assessment of lifestyle and the significance of diet and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer.

Keywords: radical mastectomy; body composition; electrical bioimpedance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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