From: Risk factors for endometrial carcinoma among postmenopausal women in Sri Lanka: a case control study
Characteristic | Disease Status | OR | 95% CI | p value | |||
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Cases (N = 83) | Controls (N = 332) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | ||||
Age | |||||||
> 55 years | 64 | 77.1 | 159 | 47.9 | 3.66 | 2.10–6.38 | p < 0.001 |
≤ 55 years | 19 | 22.9 | 173 | 52.1 | 1.0 | ||
Ethnicity | |||||||
Sinhalese | 73 | 87.9 | 291 | 87.6 | 1.03 | 0.49–2.15 | p = 0.94 |
Non-Sinhalesea | 10 | 12.1 | 41 | 12.4 | 1.0 | ||
Religion | |||||||
Buddhist | 68 | 81.9 | 265 | 79.8 | 1.15 | 0.62–2.13 | p = 0.66 |
Non-Buddhistb | 15 | 18.1 | 67 | 20.2 | 1.0 | ||
Level of education | |||||||
A/Level and above | 19 | 22.9 | 57 | 17.2 | 1.43 | 0.80–2.57 | p = 0.23 |
Below A/Level | 64 | 77.1 | 275 | 82.8 | 1.0 | ||
Employment status | |||||||
Currently employedc | 5 | 6.0 | 60 | 18.1 | 1.18 | 0.73–1.92 | p = 0.49 |
Previously employedc | 40 | 48.2 | 106 | 31.9 | 1.0 | ||
Never employed | 38 | 45.8 | 166 | 50.0 | |||
Monthly Family Income (SLR) | |||||||
≤ 20,000 | 46 | 55.4 | 140 | 42.2 | 1.71 | 1.05–2.77 | p = 0.03 |
> 20,000 | 37 | 44.6 | 192 | 57.8 | 1.0 |