Figure 2.

Relative risk (RR) of ovarian cancer among women in the third tertile of C-reactive protein level in a meta-analysis of published studies and in the present study. Numbers of cases and controls shown reflect the total number in each study rather than the number in the third tertile. CLUE I, Campaign Against Cancer and Stroke; CLUE II, Campaign Against Cancer and Heart Disease; Columbia MO, Columbia, Missouri, Serum Bank; FMC, Finnish Maternity Cohort; Guernsey, Island of Guernsey Prospective Study; NHS, Nurses’ Health Study; NHS II, Nurses’ Health Study II; NSHDS, Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study; NYUWHS, New York University Women's Health Study; ORDET, Hormones and Diet in the Etiology of Breast Cancer; WHS, Women's Health Study. Bars, 95% confidence interval (CI).