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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Sep 1;4(12):2027–2034. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0274

Table 2.

Frequency of aspirin and nonaspirin NSAID use and risk of incident glioma and glioblastoma, NIH-AARP, 1996–2006

Case HRa (95%CI) HRb (95%CI)
Glioma
Aspirinc
 No use 75 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Nonregular 135 1.27 (0.96–1.68) 1.21 (0.91–1.61)
 Regular 127 1.31 (0.98–1.74) 1.16 (0.87–1.56)
  >2–6 times/wk 31 1.15 (0.77–1.75) 1.07 (0.70–1.62)
  7+ times/wk 96 1.37 (1.01–1.86) 1.21 (0.88–1.65)
P trend 0.66
Nonaspirin NSAIDd
 No use 149 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Nonregular 141 1.05 (0.83–1.32) 1.06 (0.84–1.33)
 Regular 47 0.85 (0.62–1.19) 0.90 (0.65–1.25)
  >2–6 times/wk 17 0.83 (0.50–1.38) 0.87 (0.53–1.44)
  7+ times/wk 30 0.87 (0.59–1.28) 0.92 (0.62–1.36)
P trend 0.59
Glioblastoma
Aspirinc
 No use 56 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Nonregular 108 1.36 (0.98–1.88) 1.30 (0.94–1.80)
 Regular 96 1.32 (0.95–1.84) 1.17 (0.83–1.64)
  >2–6 times/wk 23 1.14 (0.70–1.86) 1.06 (0.65–1.72)
  7+ times/wk 73 1.39 (0.98–1.98) 1.21 (0.84–1.75)
P trend 0.57
Nonaspirin NSAIDd
 No use 118 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Nonregular 109 1.03 (0.79–1.33) 1.03 (0.79–1.34)
 Regular 34 0.78 (0.53–1.14) 0.82 (0.56–1.20)
  >2–6 times/wk 9 0.56 (0.28–1.10) 0.58 (0.30–1.15)
  7+ times/wk 25 0.91 (0.59–1.41) 0.96 (0.62–1.49)
P trend 0.87
a

Age as time metric.

b

Adjusting for sex, race, and history of heart disease using age as time metric.

c

Four glioblastoma cases were missing for aspirin.

d

Three glioblastoma cases and 1 glioma case were missing for nonaspirin NSAIDs.