Table 4.
Relative risk (RR) of invasive endometrial cancer by frequency of non-steroidal antii-nflammatory medications (NSAIDs), acetaminophen or aspirin use (1990–2004)
| # cases | Total person-years | Age-adjusted RR (95% CI) |
Multivariate RR† (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-aspirin NSAID use | ||||
| Non-user* | 372 | 473,427 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 day/week | 41 | 70,508 | 0.91 (0.65–1.27) | 0.91 (0.65–1.27) |
| 2–3 days/week | 32 | 48,439 | 0.95 (0.66–1.36) | 0.89 (0.61–1.28) |
| 4–5 days/week | 12 | 20,395 | 0.78 (0.44–1.39) | 0.71 (0.40–1.27) |
| 6–7 days/week | 40 | 50,729 | 1.02 (0.73–1.41) | 0.78 (0.56–1.08) |
| P for trend | 0.80 | 0.31 | ||
| Acetaminophen use | ||||
| Non-user * | 370 | 485,037 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 day/week | 68 | 90,751 | 1.17 (0.90–1.53) | 1.21 (0.92–1.60) |
| 2–3 days/week | 32 | 47,911 | 0.92 (0.64–1.32) | 0.86 (0.60–1.25) |
| 4–5 days/week | 16 | 19,153 | 1.08 (0.71–1.56) | 0.98 (0.59–1.62) |
| 6–7 days/week | 26 | 30,806 | 1.05 (0.71–1.56) | 0.86 (0.57–1.30) |
| P for trend | 0.87 | 0.20 | ||
| Aspirin use | ||||
| Non-user * | 275 | 367,693 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 day/week | 58 | 91,703 | 0.93 (0.70–1.23) | 0.96 (0.72–1.29) |
| 2–3 days/week | 33 | 55,373 | 0.80 (0.56–1.14) | 0.84 (0.58–1.20) |
| 4–5 days/week | 34 | 38,507 | 1.10 (0.77–1.57) | 1.08 (0.75–1.55) |
| 6–7 days/week | 126 | 145,634 | 0.98 (0.79–1.22) | 0.89 (0.72–1.11) |
| P for trend | 0.99 | 0.37 |
Multivariate risks from proportional hazards models are adjusted for BMI (<20 [ref], 20 to <21, 21 to <22, 22 to <23, 23 to <24, 24 to <25, 25 to <27, 27 to <29, 29 to <30, 30 to <32, 32 to <35, 35 to <40, ≥ 40), duration of oral contraceptive use (never [ref], past use <3 years, past 3–5 years, past >5 years), pack years of smoking (never, >0 to 20 years, >20 to 40 years, > 40 years), type of postmenopausal hormone (PMH) use (never used PMH, past use, current use estrogen only, current use estrogen and progesterone), age at menopause (premenopausal [ref], postmenopausal <45 years, 45–49 years, 50–52 years, ≥ 53 years), parity (1–2 [ref], 3–4, ≥ 5), age at menarche (<12, 12 [ref], >12), hypertension (present, absent), diabetes (present, absent);‡referent group;
Non-users are women who did not report use on at least one day per week, and includes both current and past use.