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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Dec 21;20(2):324–336. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0857

Table 4.

ORs and 95% CIs for ovarian germ cell tumors (GCT) associated with doubling of hormone concentrations from the Finnish Maternity Cohort, 1983–2007*

testosterone androstenedione 17-OH-progesterone progesterone estradiol

OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
GCT (21/58) 1.05 (0.54–2.08) 0.88 1.19 (0.54–2.65) 0.66 0.67 (0.27–1.67) 0.39 1.13 (0.42–2.99) 0.81 0.75 (0.42–1.36) 0.35
Multivariate model (21/58) 1.04 (0.50–2.17) 0.92 1.24 (0.53–2.91) 0.62 0.66 (0.26–1.66) 0.37 1.04 (0.38–2.84) 0.94 0.68 (0.35–1.33) 0.26
Sensitivity analyses
Lag time ≥ 2 years (16/45) 0.82 (0.34–1.96) 0.66 1.05 (0.37–2.94) 0.93 0.59 (0.21–1.67) 0.32 1.08 (0.27–4.24) 0.91 0.73 (0.31–1.74) 0.48
Lag time ≥ 4 years (11/31) 0.60 (0.15–2.44) 0.47 0.66 (0.13–3.29) 0.62 0.45 (0.09–2.17) 0.32 0.86 (0.10–7.32) 0.89 0.59 (0.15–2.30) 0.45
Lag time ≥ 6 years (9/26) 0.56 (0.13–2.36) 0.43 0.59 (0.11–3.06) 0.53 0.36 (0.06–2.09) 0.25 0.89 (0.11–7.56) 0.92 0.57 (0.13–2.52) 0.42
Multiparous women (15/42) 0.94 (0.41–2.15) 0.88 1.23 (0.47–3.22) 0.67 0.69 (0.21–2.23) 0.53 1.71 (0.36–8.20) 0.50 0.61(0.25–1.51) 0.29
Invasive tumors (18/50) 1.07 (0.49–2.35) 0.87 1.21 (0.50–2.93) 0.68 0.77 (0.30–2.01) 0.59 1.00 (0.34–2.92) 0.99 0.65 (0.32–1.32) 0.23
*

None of the heterogeneity tests reached statistical significance and adjustment for gestational age, maternal age at first birth, family history of breast/ovarian cancers, maternal smoking, and child sex.