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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Mar 3;18(3):935–944. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0860

Table 2.

Characteristics of 5,502 White non-Hispanic Invasive Cases and Controls

MAY NCO MAL SEA STA

Case
(N=287)
Control
(N=462)
Case
(N=382)
Control
(N=479)
Case
(N=447)
Control
(N=1,221)
Case
(N=717)
Control
(N=852)
Case
(N=287)
Control
(N=368)
Age
 Mean (SD) 61.6 (12.5) 60.0 (13.0) 56.8 (10.7) 54.8 (12.0) 59.9 (10.6) 56.8 (11.5) 55.7 (10.0) 52.7 (8.3) 51.2 (8.7) 48.3 (10.3)
Age Quartile, years
 <=46 30 (11%) 69 (15%) 68 (18%) 123 (26%) 53 (12%) 243 (20%) 112 (16%) 202 (24%) 82 (29%) 137 (37%)
 47–53 52 (18%) 78 (17%) 82 (22%) 118 (25%) 83 (19%) 293 (24%) 178 (25%) 323 (38%) 76 (27%) 105 (29%)
 54–62 70 (24%) 113 (25%) 108 (28%) 80 (17%) 114 (26%) 247 (20%) 236 (33%) 205 (24%) 110 (38%) 104 (28%)
 63+ 135 (47%) 202 (44%) 124 (33%) 158 (33%) 197 (44%) 438 (36%) 191 (27%) 122 (14%) 19 (7%) 22 (6%)
Age Menarche
 Mean (SD) 12.8 (1.53) 13.2 (4.47) 12.5 (1.45) 12.7 (1.41) 13.6 (1.69) 13.6 (1.63) 12.9 (1.95) 12.9 (1.52) 12.5 (1.44) 12.8 (1.54)
Menopause Status
 Pre/Peri 70 (24%) 108 (23%) 73 (19%) 154 (32%) 74 (17%) 373 (31%) 240 (34%) 557 (65%) 14 (5%) 182 (50%)
 Post 209 (73%) 327 (71%) 273 (72%) 316 (66%) 280 (63%) 848 (70%) 414 (58%) 294 (35%) 147 (51%) 129 (35%)
 Unknown 8 (3%) 27 (5.9%) 36 (9%) 9 (2%) 93 (21%) 0 (0%) 63 (9%) 1 (<1%) 126 (44%) 57 (16%)
Ever used OC
 Yes 133 (46%) 261 (57%) 240 (63%) 328 (69%) 146 (33%) 686 (56%) 297 (41%) 580 (68%) 209 (73%) 311 (85%)
 No 139 (48%) 164 (36%) 131 (34%) 147 (31%) 207 (46%) 535 (44%) 399 (56%) 271 (32%) 76 (27%) 55 (15%)
 Unknown 15 (5%) 37 (8%) 11 (3%) 4 (<1%) 94 (21%) 0 (0%) 21 (3%) 1 (<1%) 2 (<1%) 2 (<1%)
Number of Live Births
 0 47 (16%) 64 (14%) 77 (20%) 62 (13%) 54 (12%) 72 (6%) 117 (16%) 111 (13%) 70 (24%) 59 (16%)
 1–2 97 (34%) 153 (33%) 185 (48%) 268 (56%) 157 (35%) 510 (42%) 343 (48%) 387 (45%) 111 (39%) 156 (42%)
 3+ 137 (48%) 218 (47%) 116 (31%) 149 (31%) 143 (32%) 639 (52%) 223 (31%) 353 (4%) 106 (37%) 151 (41%)
 Unknown 6 (2%) 27 (6%) 4 (1%) 0 (0%) 93 (21%) 0 (0%) 34 (5%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0%) 2 (<1%)
Histology
 Serous 168 (59%) n.a. 234 (61%) n.a. 275 (62%) n.a. 254 (35%) n.a. 159 (55%) n.a.
 Endometrioid 58 (20%) n.a. 58 (15%) n.a. 56 (13%) n.a. 129 (18%) n.a. 44 (15%) n.a.
 Mucinous 9 (3%) n.a. 22 (6%) n.a. 43 (10%) n.a. 97 (14%) n.a. 24 (8%) n.a.
 Clear Cell 18 (6%) n.a. 32 (8%) n.a. 33 (7%) n.a. 62 (9%) n.a. 22 (8%) n.a.
 Other/Unknown Epithelial* 43 (15%) n.a. 67 (18%) n.a. 40 (9%) n.a. 175 (24%) n.a. 38 (13%) n.a.

Values are presented as number (percent) unless otherwise indicated.

*

Includes papillary, undifferentiated, mixed histologies, and other unknown epithelial adenocarcinomas.