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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Sep 7;107(3):487–494. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.08.002

Table 4.

Risk of Ovarian Cancer by Various Chronic Diseases, Medical Conditions Linked Registry Study


Gallbladder Disease Diabetes Hypertension Thyroid Disease Obesity
No. of cases RR1 (95% CI) No. of cases RR1 (95% CI) No. of cases RR1 (95% CI) No. of Cases RR1 (95% CI) No. of Cases RR1 (95% CI)
Ever diagnosed
 No 2444 1.00 2477 1.00 2464 1.00 2435 1.00 2465 1.00
 Yes 47 1.27 (0.95-1.71) 14 0.69 (0.40-1.17) 27 0.93 (0.64-1.37) 56 0.94 (0.72-1.23) 26 1.14 (0.77-1.69)
Time since first diagnosis
 <1 year 10 2.55 (1.37-4.76) 3 1.56 (0.50-4.81) 2 0.52 (0.13-2.10) 3 0.62 (0.20-1.92) 1 0.62 (0.09-4.41)
 1-4 years 16 1.32 (0.81-2.17) 2 0.34 (0.08-1.35) 7 0.66 (0.31-1.39) 15 0.91 (0.55-1.52) 5 0.87 (0.36-2.00)
 ≥5 years 21 1.00 (0.65-1.55) 9 0.72 (0.37-1.39) 18 1.24 (0.78-1.99) 38 0.99 (0.71-1.36) 20 1.30 (0.83-2.03)
Age at first diagnosis
 <35 7 0.90 (0.42-1.90) 4 0.67 (0.25-1.80) 1 0.30 (0.04-2.13) 15 1.16 (0.69-1.94) 9 1.29 (0.66-2.51)
 35-44 22 1.43 (0.93-2.19) 8 1.06 (0.53-2.14) 16 1.37 (0.83-2.26) 33 1.12 (0.79-1.58) 13 1.28 (0.73-2.22)
 ≥45 18 1.32 (0.82-2.10) 2 0.29 (0.07-1.17) 10 0.72 (0.38-1.34) 8 0.46 (0.23-0.92) 4 0.71 (0.26-1.90)
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Adusted for age, calendar time (per 5 years), maternal status, parity, number of births, age at first birth (per 5 years) as time-dependent variables.