Investigating the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian carcinoma: results from a pilot study in Germany

Table 4 Socio-demographic, occupational, health-related, and lifestyle characteristics of the participants (N = 163)

	Missing	Mean	SD
Age (years)	0	62.8	9.5
Age at menarche	6	13.6	1.5
Age at menopause	14	48.1	6.1
Number of pregnancies	0	2.1	0.9
Breastfeeding (months)	3	6.0	7.9
OCP use (years)	0	15.0	9.7
	Missing	N	%
Schooling^a	0
Low		41	25.1
Medium		81	49.6
High		41	25.1
Professional education^b	0
No		10	6.1
Medium		117	71.7
High		36	22.0
Current occupation	0
Full time/part time		73	44.7
Retired		78	47.8
Other/Housewife/Job-seeking		12	7.3
Cancer history
Ovarian cancer	0	6	3.6
Any other cancer	0	28	17.2
Family history of cancer	0	88	53.9
Gynaecological history	0	61	37.4
Ovarian inflammation		8	13.1
Ovarian cyst		13	21.3
Uterus myoma		13	21.3
Ectopic pregnancy		1	0.6
Other		26	42.6
Lower abdominal surgery	0	93	57.0
Ovarian surgery		36	22.1
Hysterectomy		26	15.9
Other		31	19.0
Physical activity^c	5
Not active		16	10.1
Medium		86	54.4
High		56	35.4
Smoking (ever)	0	75	46.0
Cosmetic powder use in genital area	0	1	0.6
Cosmetic powder use in other body parts	0	27	16.5

SD Standard deviation
^aSchooling: low = primary/secondary moden school; medium = high-school diploma; high = university of applied sciences entrance qualification/A levels/technical diploma
^bProfessional education: no = no degree; medium = professional school/vocational school/apprenticeship; Hhgh = college/university
^cPhysical activity: not active = mostly sitting throughout work; moderately active: being active for 20 min three times a week over a period of 10; highly active = doing sports every week for 30 min at least three times per week

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