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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 11;26(8):1331–1337. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.13.9626

Table 1.

Demographics of Participants With Ovarian Tissue at Risk

Characteristic RRSO Group (n = 509)
Observation/Surveillance Group (n = 283)
P
No. % No. %
Age at start of follow-up, years
 Mean 47.1 42.9 < .001
 Median 45.3 38.8
 Range 31.1–79.0 30.0–87.8

Mutations
BRCA1 325 64 173 61 .49
BRCA2 184 36 110 39

Parous 419 of 507 83 203 of 280 73 .001

Prior oral contraceptive use 342 of 481 71 178 of 253 70 .86

Prior hormone replacement use 56 of 488 11 18 of 267 7 .040

Personal history of breast cancer 303 60 133 47 .001

Time to RRSO, months
 Mean 10.3
 Median 4.9
 Range 0.1–83.3

Follow-up, months
 Mean 40.3 37.6 .15
 Median 34.8 30.1
 Range 6.0–114.6 6.2–119.3

Abbreviation: RRSO, risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.