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. 2015 Mar 5;25(3):194–203. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140124

Table 2. Reproductive and lifestyle factors and the risks of endometriosis and adenomyosis.

    Imaging-diagnosed endometriosis Imaging-diagnosed adenomyosis Wald test
between
endometriosis
and
adenomyosis


n Cochran-
Armitage
trend test
Odds ratio 95% CI n Cochran-
Armitage
trend test
Odds ratio 95% CI
Age (years)       0.991 0.977–1.01     1.04 1.02–1.05 χ2 = 20.4
P < 0.001

Age at menarche
(years)
≤11 77 0.001 0.905 0.670–1.22 57 0.863 1.17 0.816–1.67 χ2 = 10.8
P = 0.095
12 107 ref.   70 ref.  
13 71 0.843 0.621–1.14 61 1.01 0.715–1.43
≥14 54 0.609 0.436–0.851 60 0.870 0.611–1.24

Length of menstrual
cycle
at 18–22 years of age
(days)
≤25 37 <0.001 1.19 0.837–1.70 25 0.579 1.07 0.698–1.64 χ2 = 20.0
P = 0.003
26–31 211 ref.   153 ref.  
32–49 43 0.557 0.400–0.776 46 0.856 0.613–1.20
≥50 18 0.569 0.349–0.928 24 1.16 0.748–1.80

Smoking
at 30 years of age
Never 207 0.046 ref.   169 0.155 ref.   χ2 = 8.2
P = 0.017
Ever 102 1.31 1.03–1.67 79 1.30 0.990–1.71

BMI
at 18 years of age
<18.5 30 0.911 0.804 0.546–1.19 41 0.106 1.50 1.05–2.12 χ2 = 8.6
P = 0.072
≥18.5 and <22.5 209 ref.   152 ref.  
≥22.5 70 0.857 0.650–1.13 55 0.902 0.659–1.23

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.