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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Aug 29;21(11):1966–1973. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0672

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Sample, by NSAID use at Baseline

Total Study Sample (n=160,143) Women not currently using NSAIDs at baseline (n=103,100) Women currently using NSAIDs at baseline (n=57,043)

N % N % N %

Enrollment Status
Any Clinical Trial 67,822 42.35 44,106 42.78 23,716 41.58
Observational Study 92,321 57.65 58,994 57.22 33,327 58.42
Age at Baseline (years)
50–54 21,398 13.36 15,399 15.81 5,999 10.52
55–59 31,741 19.82 21,999 21.34 9,742 17.08
60–69 71,902 44.90 45,268 43.91 26.634 46.69
70–79 35,102 21.92 20,434 19.82 14,668 25.71
Body Mass Index at Baseline (kg/m2)
<25.0 55,788 35.14 38,340 37.53 17,448 30.84
25.0–29.9 55,144 34.74 35,447 34.70 19,697 34.81
≥30.0 47,805 30.12 28,367 27.77 19,438 34.35
Smoking History
No 80,616 50.75 52,703 51.55 27,913 49.30
Yes 78,234 49.25 49,529 48.45 28,705 50.70
Duration (years)a<9 18,154 23.20 11,881 23.99 6,273 21.85
10–19 16,366 20.92 10,560 21.32 5,806 20.23
20–29 16,468 21.05 10,448 21.09 6,020 20.97
30–39 14,036 17.94 8,622 17.41 5,414 18.86
40+ 10,330 13.20 6,169 12.56 4,161 14.50
History of Diabetes
No 150,560 94.08 97,607 94.73 52,953 92.90
Yes 9,475 5.92 5,428 5.27 4,047 7.10
History of Cardiovascular Disease
No 124,099 82.18 83,044 85.58 41,055 76.07
Yes 26,905 17.82 13,991 14.42 12,914 23.93
History of Ulcerative Colitis
No 156,289 98.90 100,442 98.85 55,847 98.98
Yes 1,742 1.10 1,166 1.15 576 1.02
Colonoscopy Received in Prior Five Years b
No 29,059 37.18 18,054 37.34 11,005 36.93
Yes 49,097 62.82 30,302 62.66 18,795 63.07
Family History of Colorectal Cancer
No 121,962 83.46 78,809 83.65 43,153 83.13
Yes 24,163 16.54 15,405 16.35 8,758 16.87
a

Numbers and percentages for duration calculated among women reporting positive smoking history

b

Numbers and percentages calculated among women reporting ever receiving a colonoscopy