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The Association Between Obesity and Screening Mammography Accuracy
Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH;
Patricia A. Carney, PhD;
Linn A. Abraham, MS;
William E. Barlow, PhD;
Joseph R. Egger, BS;
Jessica S. Fosse, MPH;
Gary R. Cutter, PhD;
R. Edward Hendrick, PhD;
Carl J. D'Orsi, MD;
Prashni Paliwal, PhC;
Stephen H. Taplin, MD, MPH
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1140-1147.
Background Obesity is increasing among American women, especially as they age. The influence of obesity on the accuracy of screening mammography has not been studied extensively.
Methods We analyzed 100 622 screening mammography examinations performed on members of a nonprofit health plan. The relationship between body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and measures of screening accuracy was assessed. Body mass index was categorized as underweight or normal weight (<25), overweight (25-29), obesity class I (30-34), and obesity classes II to III ( 35).
Results Compared with underweight or normal weight women, overweight and obese women were more likely to be recalled for additional tests after adjusting for important covariates, including age and breast density (overweight odds ratio [OR], 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11-1.23); obesity class I OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.19-1.35; obesity classes II-III OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.22-1.41). As body mass index increased, women were more likely to have lower specificity (overweight OR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.81-0.90; obesity class I OR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.74-0.84; and obesity classes II-III OR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.71-0.82). No statistically significant differences were noted in sensitivity. Adjusted receiver operating characteristic analysis showed statistically significant improvement in the area under the curve (AUC) for underweight or normal weight women (AUC = 0.941) vs overweight women (AUC = 0.916, P = .02) and underweight or normal weight women vs obesity classes II and III women (AUC = 0.904, P = .02).
Conclusions Obese women had more than a 20% increased risk of having false-positive mammography results compared with underweight and normal weight women, although sensitivity was unchanged. Achieving a normal weight may improve screening mammography performance.
From the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center (Dr Elmore, Mr Egger, and Mrs Fosse), and Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative (Drs Elmore, Barlow, and Taplin and Mrs Abraham), Seattle, Wash; Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH (Dr Carney); Center for Research Design and Statistical Methods, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno (Dr Cutter); The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill (Dr Hendrick); Breast Imaging Center, Emory Health Care Services, Atlanta, Ga (Dr D'Orsi); and Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs (Mr Paliwal). Dr Taplin is now with the Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md; all opinions are those of the authors and do not imply agreement or endorsement by the federal government of the National Cancer Institute. The authors have no relevant financial interest in this article.
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