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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 16;70(17):6779–6786. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4622

Table 2.

Umeå, Sweden, 1975-2008. ORs and CI within tertiles^* of adjusted hCG concentrations

	hCG Concentration			p_Trend	p_Homo
	Low	Intermediate	High	p_Trend	p_Homo
All subjects
	Ref.	0.69 (0.47-1.01)	0.67 (0.46-0.99)	0.04
Cases/Controls	103/150	71/150	68/150		.
By age at sampling
Maternal age < 25.0	Ref.	0.56 (0.29-1.07)	0.41 (0.21-0.80)	0.01	0.09
Cases/Controls	42/49	22/50	16/50		.
Maternal age ≥ 25.0	Ref.	0.77 (0.48-1.24)	0.84 (0.52-1.35)	0.45	.
Cases/Controls	62/100	49/100	51/101		.
By age at diagnosis
Maternal age < 40	Ref.	1.17 (0.44-3.09)	1.78 (0.72-4.38)	0.20	0.03
Cases/Controls	11/26	12/26	20/26		.
Maternal age ≥ 40	Ref.	0.59 (0.39-0.91)	0.60 (0.39-0.91)	0.01	.
Cases/Controls	91/124	55/124	53/124		.
By lag time (years) between sampling and diagnosis
< 10.0	Ref.	2.69 (0.53-13.6)	4.33 (0.86-21.7)	0.07	0.02
Cases/Controls	4/15	8/15	13/15		.
≥ 10.0	Ref.	0.60 (0.40-0.91)	0.60 (0.40-0.90)	0.01	.
Cases/Controls	99/135	60/135	58/135		.

Based on the frequency distribution of controls