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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Apr 28;130(2):334–339. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.04.053

Table 4.

Family History of Cancer and Endometrial Cancer Risk by Microsatellite Instability (MSI), 2002-2006, Alberta, Canada.

Cases
Controls
(n=1015)
MSI +a(n=129) MSI - a(n=330) P
N ORb (95% CI) N ORb (95% CI) valuec
First degree family history of cancer
Uterine 44 8 1.5 (0.7, 3.3) 18 1.3 (0.8, 2.4) 0.84
Colorectal 105 20 1.4 (0.8,2.5) 31 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 0.14
UCca 143 27 1.5 (0.9, 2.5) 48 1.1 (0.7, 1.5) 0.19
Lung 105 13 0.9(0.5, 1.7) 32 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 0.99
First and second degree family history of cancer
Uterine 95 16 1.4(0.8, 2.5) 39 1.4(0.9, 2.1) 0.94
Colorectal 251 41 1.4(1.0, 2.2) 78 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 0.09
UCca 318 54 1.6(1.1, 2.4) 104 1.0(0.8, 1.4) 0.05
Lung 252 33 1.0 (0.7, 1.6) 80 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) 0.81

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; UCca, uterine or colorectal cancer or both.

a

MSI + includes cases with two or more markers with instability; MSI- includes cases with either one or zero markers with instability

b

Adjusted for age (<40, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79), residence, BMI (<24.9, 25-29.9, ≥30, unknown), parity (0, 1-2, ≥3), oral contraception use (never, 6-59, ≥60 months, unknown), number of first degree relatives or number of first and second degree relatives (continuous) and menopausal status/hormone therapy (premenopausal, peri/postmenopausal without HT, peri/postmenopausal with CCE+P, peri/postmenopausal with other combinations, unknown

c

Comparing the OR for MSI+ with MSI- cancer