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Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Sep 7;107(3):487–494. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.08.002

Table 5.

Risk of Different Subtypes 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)
Serous (n=932)	23	1.57 (1.04-2.39)	5	0.62 (0.26-1.51)	8	0.69 (0.34-1.39)	20	0.84 (0.54-1.32)	11	1.23 (0.68-2.24)
Mucinous (n=344)	5	0.98 (0.40-2.41)	1	0.37 (0.05-2.67)	0	---	8	1.02 (0.50-2.07)	4	1.26 (0.47-3.37)
Endometrioid (n=300)	6	1.28 (0.57-2.87)	2	0.74 (0.18-2.99)	5	1.31 (0.54-3.18)	7	0.90 (0.42-1.90)	4	1.37 (0.51-3.66)
Clear Cell (n=123)	1	0.51 (0.07-3.68)	3	1.69 (0.85-8.58)	3	1.90 (0.59-6.08)	3	0.93 (0.30-2.92)	2	1.71 (0.42-6.97)

¹

Adjusted for age, calendar time (per 5 years), parity (no, yes), number of births, age at first birth (per 5 years) as time-dependent variables.