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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Aug 13;135(1):34–37. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.08.008

Table 2.

Cause of death from death certificate by CA-125 level (normal vs. abnormal) during study period

Cause of death from death certificate CA-125 level Relative risk [95% CI]:
Normal Abnormal Abnormal vs. Normal
Lung 376 (10.26%) 38 (14.18%) 1.39 [1.02, 1.89]
Colorectal 106 (2.89%) 5 (1.87%) 0.65 [0.27, 1.57]
Ovarian 3 (0.08%) 0 (0%) NA
Non-PLCO Neoplasms 863 (23.55%) 64 (23.88%) 1.02 [0.81, 1.27]
Ischemic Heart Disease 403 (11%) 18 (6.72%) 0.61 [0.39, 0.97]
Cerebrovascular Accident 259 (7.07%) 8 (2.99%) 0.42 [0.21, 0.85]
Other Circulatory Disease 439 (11.98%) 31 (11.57%) 0.97 [0.69, 1.36]
Respiratory Illness 339 (9.25%) 31 (11.57%) 1.25 [0.89, 1.77]
Digestive Disease 113 (3.08%) 16 (5.97%) 1.94 [1.17, 3.23]
Infectious Disease 88 (2.4%) 7 (2.61%) 1.09 [0.51, 2.33]
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders 131 (3.58%) 18 (6.72%) 1.88 [1.17, 3.03]
Diseases of the Nervous System 141 (3.85%) 6 (2.24%) 0.58 [0.26, 1.31]
Accident 140 (3.82%) 9 (3.36%) 0.88 [0.45, 1.71]
Other 263 (7.18%) 17 (6.34%) 0.89 [0.55, 1.42]