Table 3.
Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for endometriosis by race/ethnicity (n = 717)
| All endometriosis cases (n = 68) | Laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis cases (n = 56) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-adjusted | P value | Confounder-adjusteda | P value | Age-adjusted | P value | Confounder-adjusteda | P value | |
| Caucasian | Reference | – | Reference | – | Reference | – | Reference | – |
| Asian | 3.13 (1.78, 5.51) | <0.0001 | 2.96 (1.65, 5.31) | 0.0003 | 2.35 (1.27, 4.35) | 0.01 | 2.19 (1.16, 4.14) | 0.02 |
| Black | 0.99 (0.13, 7.77) | 0.99 | 1.43 (0.17, 12.06) | 0.74 | 1.11 (0.14, 8.79) | 0.92 | 1.59 (0.18, 13.78) | 0.67 |
| Hispanic | 2.08 (0.68, 6.44) | 0.20 | 2.34 (0.75, 7.38) | 0.15 | 2.34 (0.75, 7.33) | 0.14 | 2.58 (0.81, 8.24) | 0.10 |
| Other races | 1.81 (0.50, 6.52) | 0.36 | 1.80 (0.50, 6.54) | 0.37 | 1.93 (0.53, 7.05) | 0.32 | 1.86 (0.50, 6.89) | 0.36 |
| Age | 0.95 (0.89, 1.004) | 0.07 | 0.95 (0.89, 1.01) | 0.11 | 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) | 0.01 | 0.92 (0.86, 0.99) | 0.02 |
| BMI | – | – | 0.97 (0.90, 1.04) | 0.37 | – | – | 0.98 (0.90, 1.05) | 0.54 |
| Smoking | – | – | 1.52 (0.60, 3.83) | 0.38 | – | – | 1.91 (0.75, 4.83) | 0.17 |
| Never pregnant | – | – | Reference | – | – | – | Reference | – |
| Pregnant but no live birth | – | – | 0.75 (0.41, 1.36) | 0.78 | – | – | 0.61 (0.31, 1.20) | 0.66 |
| Pregnant with live birth | – | – | 0.68 (0.27. 1.72) | 0.60 | – | – | 0.53 (0.18, 1.58) | 0.48 |
p < 0.05 in italics
BMI body mass index
aMultivariable model adjusts for age, BMI, smoking, and pregnancy history