Table 2 Risk of Endometrial Carcinoma associated with Reproductive Factors
From: Risk factors for endometrial carcinoma among postmenopausal women in Sri Lanka: a case control study
Characteristic | Disease Status | OR | 95% CI | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases (N = 83) | Controls (N = 332) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | ||||
Marital status | |||||||
Unmarried | 8 | 9.6 | 11 | 3.3 | 3.11 | 1.21–8.01 | p = 0.01 |
Ever Married | 75 | 90.4 | 321 | 96.7 | 1.0 | ||
History of conception | |||||||
Never conceived | 17 | 20.5 | 24 | 7.2 | 3.31 | 1.68–6.50 | p < 0.001 |
Ever conceived | 66 | 79.5 | 308 | 92.8 | 1.0 | ||
Parity | |||||||
Nulliparous | 19 | 22.9 | 28 | 8.4 | 3.22 | ||
3 or lessa | 48 | 57.8 | 245 | 73.8 | |||
More than 3a | 16 | 19.3 | 59 | 17.8 | 1.0 | 1.69–6.12 | p < 0.001 |
Age at menarche | |||||||
≤ 11 years | 11 | 13.3 | 10 | 3.0 | 4.92 | 2.01–12.02 | p < 0.001 |
> 11 years | 72 | 86.7 | 322 | 97.0 | 1.0 | ||
Age at menopause | |||||||
> 55 years | 4 | 4.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 3.31 | 0.87–12.61 | p = 0.06 |
≤ 55 years | 79 | 95.2 | 327 | 98.5 | 1.0 | ||
Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy | |||||||
(HRT) | |||||||
Ever used | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.66 | 0.08–5.58 | p = 0.70 |
Never used | 82 | 98.8 | 326 | 98.2 | 1.0 | ||
Use of Hormonal contraceptives | |||||||
Ever used | 12 | 14.5 | 58 | 17.5 | 0.80 | 0.40–1.56 | p = 0.51 |
Never used | 71 | 85.5 | 273 | 82.5 | 1.0 | ||
Total | 83 | 100.0 | 332 | 100.0 | |||