. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 6.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Sep 27;21(1):77–82. doi: 10.1007/s10552-009-9436-6

Table 2.

Association of ovarian cancer with relative leukocyte telomere length

Telomere status	Controls n (%)	Cases n (%)	OR^a (95% CI)	P_trend
Categorized by tertile in controls
1st (short)	33 (33.0)	45 (45.5)	3.39 (1.54–7.46)	0.002
2nd (medium)	34 (34.0)	40 (40.4)	2.69 (1.23–5.88)
3rd (long)	33 (33.0)	14 (14.1)	1.00 (ref)

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) adjusted for age; n = number of subjects