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. 2016 Jun 23;115(5):599–606. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.165

Table 2. Associations between risk of vulval cancer, age at menopause, and use of menopausal hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.

Exposure Cases/population at risk Relative riska 95% Confidence interval P-value
Age at menopause in women with natural menopause or oophorectomy who have never used hormone therapy
50+ Years 158/237 144 1.00   <0.001
<50 Years 167/175 489 1.52 (1.22–1.89)  
Use of menopausal hormone therapy at baseline, all postmenopausal women
Never 401/493 167 1.00   0.54
Past 142/192 727 0.94 (0.77–1.14)  
Current 252/424 544 0.86 (0.73–1.02)  
a

Relative risks adjusted, where possible, for smoking, alcohol use, body mass index, age at menarche, oral contraceptive use, parity, tubal ligation, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3, diabetes, hysterectomy/oophorectomy, and deprivation.