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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Apr 16;27(7):790–804. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0744

Table 5.

Association between anti-CA15.3 and anti-CA125 antibodies in perspective of CA15.3 and CA125 level.

Antigen/ antibody combinations All
<3 years between blood and diagnosis
≥3 years between blood and diagnosis
Controls N (%) Cases N (%) OR (95% CI) p ControlsN (%) Cases N (%) OR (95% CI) p ControlsN (%) Cases N (%) OR (95% CI) p
CA15.3/anti-CA15.3 antibodies
All EOC
    Low/low 457 (23.8) 207 (25.7) 1.00 (referent) 168 (23.7) 44 (22.8) 1.00 (referent) 289 (23.9) 163 (26.7) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 502 (26.2) 210 (26.1) 0.93 (0.74, 1.18) 0.57 172 (24.3) 51 (26.4) 1.20 (0.75, 1.90) 0.45 330 (27.3) 159 (26.0) 0.86 (0.65, 1.13) 0.26
    Low/high 503 (26.2) 184 (22.9) 0.83 (0.66, 1.05) 0.13 200 (28.2) 45 (23.3) 0.90 (0.57, 1.44) 0.66 303 (25.0) 139 (22.7) 0.82 (0.62, 1.07) 0.14
    High/high 457 (23.8) 203 (25.2) 1.00 (0.79, 1.27) 0.99 169 (23.8) 53 (27.5) 1.23 (0.77, 1.97) 0.38 288 (23.8) 150 (24.5) 0.93 (0.71, 1.22) 0.61
All EOC, premenopausal
    Low/low 133 (27.8) 56 (27.9) 1.00 (referent) 48 (28.2) 7 (15.2) 1.00 (referent) 85 (27.5) 49 (31.6) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 114 (23.8) 49 (24.4) 1.02 (0.64, 1.62) 0.93 41 (24.1) 14 (30.4) 2.01 (0.74, 5.47) 0.17 73 (23.6) 35 (22.6) 0.84 (0.49, 1.43) 0.51
    Low/high 132 (27.6) 55 (27.4) 1.01 (0.65, 1.58) 0.95 43 (25.3) 16 (34.8) 2.69 (1.01, 7.14) 0.05 89 (28.8) 39 (25.2) 0.76 (0.45, 1.26) 0.28
    High/high 100 (20.9) 41 (20.4) 1.00 (0.62, 1.63) 0.99 38 (22.4) 9 (19.6) 1.63 (0.56, 4.72) 0.37 62 (20.1) 32 (20.6) 0.90 (0.51, 1.59) 0.72
All EOC, postmenopausal
    Low/low 318 (22.7) 149 (25.4) 1.00 (referent) 118 (22.4) 37 (25.7) 1.00 (referent) 200 (22.9) 112 (25.3) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 377 (26.9) 157 (26.7) 0.90 (0.68, 1.19) 0.45 127 (24.1) 35 (24.3) 0.97 (0.57, 1.66) 0.92 250 (28.6) 122 (27.5) 0.87 (0.63, 1.21) 0.41
    Low/high 357 (25.5) 124 (21.1) 0.77 (0.58, 1.02) 0.06 152 (28.9) 28 (19.4) 0.61 (0.35, 1.06) 0.08 205 (23.4) 96 (21.7) 0.84 (0.61, 1.17) 0.30
    High/high 349 (24.9) 157 (26.7) 0.98 (0.75, 1.29) 0.88 129 (24.5) 44 (30.6) 1.13 (0.66, 1.91) 0.66 220 (25.1) 113 (25.5) 0.93 (0.67, 1.27) 0.63
Serous cases
    Low/low 249 (23.6) 124 (28.0) 1.00 (referent) 100 (25.3) 23 (21.3) 1.00 (referent) 149 (22.5) 101 (30.1) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 257 (24.3) 108 (24.4) 0.83 (0.60, 1.15) 0.27 88 (22.2) 33 (30.6) 1.66 (0.90, 3.07) 0.11 169 (25.6) 75 (22.4) 0.64 (0.43, 0.93) 0.02
    Low/high 288 (27.2) 113 (25.5) 0.80 (0.59, 1.09) 0.16 108 (27.3) 32 (29.6) 1.30 (0.71, 2.39) 0.39 180 (27.2) 81 (24.2) 0.67 (0.47, 0.96) 0.03
    High/higha 263 (24.9) 98 (22.1) 0.75 (0.54, 1.03) 0.08 100 (25.3) 20 (18.5) 0.85 (0.43, 1.68) 0.64 163 (24.7) 78 (23.3) 0.71 (0.49, 1.03) 0.07
Mucinous cases
    Low/low 38 (25.5) 14 (24.1) 1.00 (referent) 11 (15.7) 5 (27.8) 1.00 (referent) 27 (34.2) 9 (22.5) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 46 (30.9) 18 (31.0) 1.25 (0.54, 2.90) 0.61 25 (35.7) 7 (38.9) 0.53 (0.12, 2.32) 0.40 21 (26.6) 11 (27.5) 1.53 (0.54, 4.37) 0.42
    Low/high 34 (22.8) 9 (15.5) 0.78 (0.30, 2.03) 0.61 16 (22.9) 2 (11.1) 0.26 (0.04, 1.66) 0.15 18 (22.8) 7 (17.5) 1.12 (0.35, 3.63) 0.84
    High/higha 31 (20.8) 17 (29.3) 1.64 (0.69, 3.92) 0.26 18 (25.7) 4 (22.2) 0.43 (0.09, 2.06) 0.29 13 (16.5) 13 (32.5) 3.00 (0.99, 9.08) 0.05
Endometrioid cases
    Low/low 62 (27.2) 18 (18.9) 1.00 (referent) 20 (22.7) 6 (25.0) 1.00 (referent) 42 (30.0) 12 (16.9) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 56 (24.6) 26 (27.4) 1.66 (0.82, 3.37) 0.16 23 (26.1) 3 (12.5) 0.49 (0.10, 2.28) 0.36 33 (23.6) 23 (32.4) 2.42 (1.04, 5.62) 0.04
    Low/high 64 (28.1) 24 (25.3) 1.41 (0.69, 2.86) 0.35 27 (30.7) 4 (16.7) 0.51 (0.12, 2.20) 0.37 37 (26.4) 20 (28.2) 1.91 (0.83, 4.41) 0.13
    High/higha 46 (20.2) 27 (28.4) 2.22 (1.06, 4.68) 0.04 18 (20.5) 11 (45.8) 1.96 (0.59, 6.58) 0.27 28 (20.0) 16 (22.5) 2.03 (0.80, 5.17) 0.14
CA125 / anti-CA125 antibodies
All EOC
    Low/low 481 (25.0) 196 (24.3) 1.00 (referent) 174 (24.4) 31 (16.0) 1.00 (referent) 307 (25.3) 165 (27.0) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 479 (24.9) 241 (29.9) 1.30 (1.03, 1.64) 0.03 164 (23.0) 71 (36.6) 2.67 (1.63, 4.35) <0.0001 315 (26.0) 170 (27.8) 1.02 (0.78, 1.34) 0.88
    Low/high 483 (25.1) 138 (17.1) 0.71 (0.55, 0.91) 0.01 192 (26.9) 18 (9.3) 0.54 (0.29, 1.01) 0.05 291 (24.0) 120 (19.6) 0.75 (0.56, 1.00) 0.05
    High/high 483 (25.1) 231 (28.7) 1.26 (0.99, 1.60) 0.06 183 (25.7) 74 (38.1) 2.48 (1.53, 4.00) 0.0002 300 (24.7) 157 (25.7) 0.98 (0.74, 1.30) 0.91
All EOC, premenopausal
    Low/low 80 (16.7) 34 (16.9) 1.00 (referent) 30 (17.5) 9 (19.6) 1.00 (referent) 50 (16.2) 25 (16.1) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 165 (34.4) 75 (37.3) 1.07 (0.65, 1.78) 0.79 59 (34.5) 15 (32.6) 0.91 (0.35, 2.36) 0.84 106 (34.3) 60 (38.7) 1.16 (0.64, 2.10) 0.64
    Low/high 73 (15.2) 21 (10.4) 0.65 (0.34, 1.25) 0.20 25 (14.6) 2 (4.3) 0.26 (0.05, 1.37) 0.11 48 (15.5) 19 (12.3) 0.78 (0.38, 1.63) 0.51
    High/high 162 (33.8) 71 (35.3) 1.07 (0.64, 1.77) 0.81 57 (33.3) 20 (43.5) 1.33 (0.53, 3.33) 0.54 105 (34.0) 51 (32.9) 0.98 (0.53, 1.80) 0.95
All EOC, postmenopausal
    Low/low 393 (27.9) 158 (26.8) 1.00 (referent) 143 (27.0) 22 (15.2) 1.00 (referent) 250 (28.5) 136 (30.6) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 305 (21.7) 163 (27.7) 1.38 (1.06, 1.81) 0.02 102 (19.3) 54 (37.2) 3.69 (2.06, 6.60) <0.0001 203 (23.1) 109 (24.5) 1.00 (0.73, 1.36) 0.99
    Low/high 405 (28.8) 115 (19.5) 0.71 (0.54, 0.95) 0.02 166 (31.4) 16 (11.0) 0.66 (0.34, 1.31) 0.24 239 (27.2) 99 (22.3) 0.75 (0.54, 1.02) 0.07
    High/high 304 (21.6) 153 (26.0) 1.32 (1.00, 1.74) 0.05 118 (22.3) 53 (36.6) 2.95 (1.67, 5.20) 0.0002 186 (21.2) 100 (22.5) 0.99 (0.71, 1.37) 0.95
Serous cases
    Low/low 247 (23.3) 108 (24.4) 1.00 (referent) 104 (26.2) 14 (13.0) 1.00 (referent) 143 (21.5) 94 (28.1) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 276 (26.0) 137 (30.9) 1.16 (0.85, 1.58) 0.35 91 (22.9) 41 (38.0) 3.91 (1.92, 7.96) 0.0002 185 (27.9) 96 (28.7) 0.80 (0.55, 1.15) 0.22
Low/high 260 (24.5) 73 (16.5) 0.64 (0.45, 0.91) 0.01 106 (26.7) 12 (11.1) 0.84 (0.37, 1.89) 0.68 154 (23.2) 61 (18.2) 0.60 (0.40, 0.89) 0.01
    High/highb 278 (26.2) 125 (28.2) 1.07 (0.77, 1.46) 0.70 96 (24.2) 41 (38.0) 3.51 (1.76, 7.02) 0.0004 182 (27.4) 84 (25.1) 0.71 (0.49, 1.03) 0.07
Mucinous cases
    Low/low 36 (24.2) 11 (19.0) 1.00 (referent) 12 (17.1) 6 (33.3) 1.00 (referent) 24 (30.4) 5 (12.5) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 43 (28.9) 16 (27.6) 1.37 (0.51, 3.68) 0.53 22 (31.4) 3 (16.7) 0.22 (0.04, 1.20) 0.08 21 (26.6) 13 (32.5) 3.80 (1.00, 14.46) 0.05
    Low/high 33 (22.1) 9 (15.5) 0.97 (0.35, 2.70) 0.95 15 (21.4) 1 (5.6) 0.12 (0.01, 1.17) 0.07 18 (22.8) 8 (20.0) 2.57 (0.68, 9.66) 0.16
    High/highb 37 (24.8) 22 (37.9) 2.34 (0.91, 6.03) 0.08 21 (30.0) 8 (44.4) 0.65 (0.16, 2.56) 0.54 16 (20.3) 14 (35.0) 5.45 (1.42, 20.98) 0.01
Endometrioid cases
    Low/low 65 (28.4) 21 (21.9) 1.00 (referent) 24 (27.0) 3 (12.0) 1.00 (referent) 41 (29.3) 18 (25.4) 1.00 (referent)
    High/low 55 (24.0) 29 (30.2) 1.78 (0.89, 3.54) 0.10 18 (20.2) 9 (36.0) 3.67 (0.91, 14.82) 0.07 37 (26.4) 20 (28.2) 1.29 (0.58, 2.91) 0.53
    Low/high 59 (25.8) 20 (20.8) 1.10 (0.53, 2.30) 0.80 28 (31.5) 4 (16.0) 1.04 (0.21, 5.25) 0.96 31 (22.1) 16 (22.5) 1.21 (0.52, 2.82) 0.66
    High/highb 50 (21.8) 26 (27.1) 1.87 (0.90, 3.87) 0.09 19 (21.3) 9 (36.0) 4.06 (0.92, 17.86) 0.06 31 (22.1) 17 (23.9) 1.33 (0.57, 3.13) 0.51
a

p-heterogeneity for high/high vs. low/low across serous, mucinous and endometrioid histologic types: all, p=0.01; <3 years, p=0.29; ≥3 years, p=0.01.

b

p-heterogeneity for high/high vs. low/low across serous, mucinous and endometrioid histologic types: all, p=0.15; <3 years, p=0.08; ≥3 years, p=0.01.