Table 2. Univariate and multivariate analyses of cancer risk factors among female study participants.

Clinical variables	univariate model			multivariate model
	OR	95% CI	p value	AOR	95% CI	p value
Age (yrs)	1.02	1.01–1.04	<0.01	1.01	0.98–1.02	0.68
Race
White	1			1
African American	0.55	0.39–0.78	<0.01	0.65	0.44–0.98	0.04
Hispanic	0.44	0.25–0.75	<0.01	0.58	0.30–1.10	0.09
Education
≥12 years	1			1
9–11 years	1.15	0.73–1.82	0.54	1.02	0.62–1.70	0.93
<9 years	1.15	0.79–1.67	0.46	1.09	0.71–1.67	0.69
Income
>$ 25000	1			1
$15000∼25000	0.93	0.56–1.54	0.77	0.72	0.43–1.20	0.20
<$15000	1.19	0.85–1.68	0.30	0.85	0.58–1.24	0.38
BMI (kg/m2)
BMI<18.5	1.79	0.66–.86	0.25	1.16	0.56–4.61	0.37
BMI> = 18.5 & <25	1			1
BMI> = 25 & <30	0.84	0.57–1.22	0.35	0.73	0.51–1.05	0.09
BMI> = 30	0.82	0.51–1.32	0.41	0.74	0.45–1.21	0.23
Alcohol
never	1			1
mild (not current, or < = 10/mo.)	1.56	1.09–2.21	0.02	1.53	1.06–2.23	0.03
heavy (>10/mo.)	1.12	0.68–1.83	0.64	1.03	0.60–1.78	0.91
Smoking
never	1			1
former	1.62	1.11–2.36	0.01	1.37	0.94–2.00	0.10
active	1.24	0.79–1.96	0.34	0.95	0.56–1.60	0.85
Physical inactivity
inactive	1.29	0.90–1.86	0.16	1.21	0.79–1.85	0.37
Postmenopause	7.52	3.20–17.67	<0.01	7.42	2.96–18.61	<0.01
CRP (mg/dl)	0.97	0.78–.20	0.78	0.87	0.68–1.10	0.23
Asthma	1.20	0.77–1.86	0.41	0.91	0.52–1.58	0.73
COPD	1.87	1.29–2.76	<0.01	1.24	0.78–1.96	0.36
NO	1			1
RC	1.44	1.00–2.08	0.05	1.49	1.12–2.36	0.01
WZ	2.20	1.27–3.80	0.01	2.08	1.11–3.89	0.02

NO: no allergic symptoms; RC: symptoms of allergic rhinitis or conjunctivitis without wheezing; WZ: wheezing, SE: standard error.; BMI: body mass index; CRP: C reactive protein, OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.