TABLE 3.
Hazard ratios for ovarian cancer according to mothers’ pelvic diameters and age at menarche
| Menarche at age 14 years or less |
Menarche at age 15 years or more |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard ratio |
95% CI | No. of cases |
No. of women |
Hazard ratio |
95% CI | No. of cases |
No. of women |
|
| Intercristal diameter (cm) | ||||||||
| ≤27.5 | 1.0 | Baseline | 1 | 575 | 1.0 | Baseline | 7 | 610 |
| 27.6–28.5 | 4.8 | 0.6–41 | 5 | 579 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.7 | 3 | 570 |
| 28.6–29.5 | 4.9 | 0.5–44 | 4 | 479 | 0.6 | 0.1–2.3 | 3 | 469 |
| >29.5 | 7.3 | 0.8–63 | 5 | 391 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.9 | 2 | 397 |
| P for trend | 0.01 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Adjusted for height | 0.004 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Interspinous diameter (cm) | ||||||||
| ≤25.0 | 1.0 | Baseline | 2 | 746 | 1.0 | Baseline | 6 | 773 |
| 25.1–26.0 | 2.1 | 0.4–13 | 3 | 558 | 0.8 | 0.2–2.9 | 4 | 577 |
| 26.1–27.0 | 2.8 | 0.5–17 | 3 | 435 | 0.3 | 0.0–2.6 | 1 | 403 |
| >27.0 | 9.5 | 2.0–46 | 7 | 285 | 1.5 | 0.4–5.5 | 4 | 298 |
| P for trend | 0.002 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Adjusted for height | 0.001 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Intertrochanteric diameter (cm) | ||||||||
| ≤30.5 | 1.0 | Baseline | 1 | 583 | 1.0 | Baseline | 4 | 671 |
| 30.6–31.5 | 3.3 | 0.3–32 | 3 | 547 | 2.3 | 0.6–8.7 | 6 | 546 |
| 31.6–32.5 | 8.2 | 1.0–67 | 7 | 486 | 1.5 | 0.3–7.1 | 3 | 460 |
| >32.5 | 5.4 | 0.6–49 | 4 | 399 | 1.0 | 0.2–5.4 | 2 | 368 |
| P for trend | 0.02 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Adjusted for height | 0.003 | 0.64 | ||||||