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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov;120(5):998–1004. doi: 10.1097/aog.0b013e31826b9fef

Table 1.

Variables Assessed for an Association With Future Development of Endometrial Cancer

Variable Controls
(n=172)
Patients
(n=90)
P *
Aat menopause, y .24
  No. of patients 137 86
  Mean (SD) 49.8 (4.3) 50.1 (5.2)
BMI, kg/m2 <.04
  No. of patients 168 75
  Fewer than 25 72 (42.9) 24 (32)
  25-29.9 58 (34.5) 22 (29.3)
  30-34.9 22 (13.1) 9 (12)
  35 or more 16 (9.5) 20 (26.7)
  Mean (SD) 27.2 (6.7) 30.2 (9.1)
Weight,kg <.05
  No. of patients 168 76
  Mean (SD) 71.9 (18.2) 79.4 (24.7)
Type of endometrial sampling .03
  Missing 11 4
  Biopsy 62 (38.5) 24 (27.9)
  D&C 99 (61.5) 62 (72.1)
Use of metformin .16
  Missing 2 4
  No 167 (98.2) 81 (94.2)
  Yes 3 (1.8) 5 (5.8)
Use of ET .008
  No 165 (95.9) 78 (86.7)
  Yes 7 (4.1) 12 (13.3)
Use of tamoxifen .08
  Missing 1 3
  No 170 (99.4) 83 (95.4)
  Yes 1 (0.6) 4 (4.6)
No. of pregnancies .06
  Missing 1 4
  0 25 (14.6) 20 (23.3)
  1 or more 146 (85.4) 66 (76.7)
No. of live births .008
  Missing 1 4
  0 27 (15.8) 25 (29.1)
  1 or more 144 (84.2) 61 (70.9)
Use of OCP <.001
  Missing 4 2
  No 62 (36.9) 63 (71.6)
  Yes 106 (63.1) 25 (28.4)
Use of IUD
  No 172 (100) 88 (97.8)
  Yes 0 (0) 2 (2.2)
Family history of HNPCC-related
 malignancy,
.10
  No 148 (86.0) 70 (77.8)
  Yes 24 (14.0) 20 (22.2)
Personal history of HNPCC-
 related malignancy,§
<.03
  No 165 (95.9) 79 (87.8)
  Yes 7 (4.1) 11 (12.2)
Age at menarche, y .69
  No. of patients 71 48
  Mean (SD) 12.9 (1.4) 12.8 (1.4)
Age at first live birth, y .36
  No. of patients 135 55
  Mean (SD) 25.8 (4.8) 24.7 (4.9)
Diabetes mellitus .21
  Missing 1 4
  No 159 (93.0) 76 (88.4)
  Yes 12 (7.0) 10 (11.6)
Hypertension .70
  Missing 1 5
  No 132 (77.2) 63 (74.1)
  Yes 39 (22.8) 22 (25.9)
Menopausal status .10
  Missing 1 2
  No 92 (53.8) 40 (45.4)
  Yes 79 (45.2) 48 (54.6)
Use of COX-2 .19
  Missing 2 1
  No 164 (96.5) 82 (92.1)
  Yes 6 (3.5) 7 (7.9)
Smoking status .89
  Missing 0 1
  Never 110 (64.0) 56 (62.9)
  Past or current 62 (36.0) 33 (37.1)
Presence of polyp on histologic
 evaluation
<.001
  Missing 2 5
  No 162 (95.3) 66 (76.7)
  Yes 8 (4.7) 19 (22.3)

SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; D&C, dilatation and curettage; ET, estrogen therapy; OCP, oral contraceptive pill; IUD, intrauterine device; HNPCC, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal COX-2, cyclooxygenase 2.

Data are n(%) unless otherwise specified.

*

Univariable conditional logistic regression model.

Before or at the time of the index endometrial biopsy or D&C.

P value could not be determined in the conditional analysis because none of the controls used an IUD before or at the time of the endometrial biopsy or D&C.

§

Family history of HNPCC-related malignancy: at least one first-degree relative with cancer of the pancreas, colon, rectum, endometrium, ovary, small bowel, stomach, biliary tract, or brain and transitional cancers of the urinary tract.

Personal history of HNPCC-related malignancy: personal history of cancer of the pancreas, colon, rectum, ovary, small bowel, stomach, biliary tract, or brain or transitional cancers of the urinary tract. In our series, all patients had colorectal cancer.