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. 2018 May 31;111(2):137–145. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy100

Table 1.

Distribution of frequent analgesic use by baseline demographic and health characteristics in the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium (n = 758 829)

Characteristics
Aspirin
Nonaspirin NSAID
Acetaminophen
Infrequent/nonuse Frequent use* Infrequent/nonuse Frequent use* Infrequent/nonuse Frequent use*
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Age, mean (SD), y 54.7 (11.4) 59.4 (10.1) 59.1 (9.5) 59.6 (8.5) 57.7 (10.6) 60.9 (10.0)
Age, y
 <50 171 049 (31.0) 28 462 (17.7) 68 208 (15.8) 10 496 (12.9) 69 762 (22.9) 3973 (14.4)
 50–59 182 326 (33.0) 48 432 (30.1) 144 873 (33.6) 29 425 (36.1) 101 553 (33.4) 8351 (30.3)
 60+ 198 689 (36.0) 84 044 (52.2) 218 295 (50.6) 41 609 (51.0) 132 697 (43.6) 15 244 (55.3)
BMI, kg/m2
 <20 38 712 (7.0) 9460 (5.9) 28 981 (6.7) 3239 (4.0) 20 937 (6.9) 1513 (5.5)
 20–24.9 246 476 (44.6) 63 791 (39.6) 183 064 (42.4) 25 614 (31.4) 127 806 (42) 9216 (33.4)
 25–29.9 157 968 (28.6) 49 716 (30.9) 130 232 (30.2) 25 969 (31.9) 89 960 (29.6) 8560 (31.1)
 30–34.9 61 441 (11.1) 21 816 (13.6) 51 919 (12.0) 14 072 (17.3) 36 797 (12.1) 4342 (15.8)
 35+ 33 201 (6.0) 12 620 (7.8) 26 604 (6.2) 10 813 (13.3) 21 015 (6.9) 3068 (11.1)
 Missing 14 266 (2.6) 3535 (2.2) 10 576 (2.5) 1823 (2.2) 7497 (2.5) 869 (3.2)
Age at menarche, y
 ≤11 129 521 (23.5) 39 029 (24.3) 104 278 (24.2) 22 428 (27.5) 58 358 (19.2) 5549 (20.1)
 12 132 550 (24.0) 43 314 (26.9) 107 177 (24.8) 22 151 (27.2) 82 000 (27.0) 8085 (29.3)
 13 155 896 (28.2) 42 510 (26.4) 122 489 (28.4) 19 967 (24.5) 87 684 (28.8) 6628 (24.0)
 14 71 928 (13.0) 21 378 (13.3) 55 615 (12.9) 10 314 (12.7) 44 990 (14.8) 4640 (16.8)
  ≥15 48 479 (8.8) 13 304 (8.3) 38 367 (8.9) 6361 (7.8) 27 904 (9.2) 2428 (8.8)
 Missing 13 690 (2.5) 1403 (0.9) 3450 (0.8) 309 (0.4) 3076 (1.0) 238 (0.9)
Duration, oral contraceptive use, y
 Never 210 399 (38.1) 79 036 (49.1) 193 635 (44.9) 32 992 (40.5) 112 760 (37.1) 11 756 (42.6)
 >0–1 43 208 (7.8) 14 589 (9.1) 32 672 (7.6) 7606 (9.3) 27 743 (9.1) 2557 (9.3)
 >1–5 97 165 (17.6) 24 065 (15.0) 67 121 (15.6) 13 458 (16.5) 47 757 (15.7) 3612 (13.1)
 >5–10 78 116 (14.1) 16 254 (10.1) 48 201 (11.2) 9520 (11.7) 36 471 (12.0) 2323 (8.4)
  >10 104 143 (18.9) 24 316 (15.1) 76 349 (17.7) 16 530 (20.3) 65 839 (21.7) 6257 (22.7)
  Missing 19 033 (3.4) 2678 (1.7) 13 398 (3.1) 1424 (1.7) 13 442 (4.4) 1063 (3.9)
No. of pregnancies
 0 85 920 (15.6) 16 579 (10.3) 56 916 (13.2) 9977 (12.2) 42 630 (14.0) 2899 (10.5)
 1 60 572 (11.0) 14 426 (9.0) 45 993 (10.7) 8030 (9.8) 35 178 (11.6) 2988 (10.8)
 2 177 064 (32.1) 44 857 (27.9) 128 389 (29.8) 23 169 (28.4) 97 780 (32.2) 7997 (29.0)
 3 131 053 (23.7) 42 162 (26.2) 110 188 (25.5) 21 291 (26.1) 67 767 (22.3) 6372 (23.1)
 4+ 93 130 (16.9) 41 287 (25.7) 85 208 (19.8) 17 992 (22.1) 55 969 (18.4) 6706 (24.3)
 Missing 4325 (0.8) 1627 (1.0) 4682 (1.1) 1071 (1.3) 4688 (1.5) 606 (2.2)
Menopausal status
 Premenopausal 188 738 (34.2) 31 168 (19.4) 83 184 (19.3) 12 792 (15.7) 82 248 (27.1) 3986 (14.5)
 Postmenopausal 348 494 (63.1) 125 619 (78.1) 342 938 (79.5) 67 335 (82.6) 216 731 (71.3) 22 957 (83.3)
 Missing 14 832 (2.7) 4151 (2.6) 5254 (1.2) 5254 (1.7) 5033 (1.7) 625 (2.3)
Age at menopause among postmenopausal women, y
 ≤45 45 905 (12.6) 15 523 (12.0) 45 476 (13.1) 8341 (12.1) 33 314 (15.0) 3162 (13.4)
 46–50 89 057 (24.5) 32 661 (25.2) 86 398 (24.8) 15 875 (23.1) 60 363 (27.2) 6024 (25.5)
 51–55 123 290 (33.9) 43 577 (33.6) 125 242 (36.0) 22 357 (32.5) 77 772 (35.1) 7313 (31.0)
 >55 24 452 (6.7) 9294 9294 (7.2) 25 889 (7.4) 5503 (8.0) 14 587 (6.6) 1600 (6.8)
 Missing 80 622 (22.2) 28 715 (22.1) 65 187 (18.7) 16 662 (24.2) 35 728 (16.1) 5483 (23.3)
Duration, menopausal hormone use, y
 Never 273 (49.6) 73 279 (45.5) 165 228 (38.3) 26 744 (32.8) 112 911 (37.1) 9282 (33.7)
 >0–5 78 (14.3) 29 980 (18.6) 73 431 (17.0) 16 284 (20.0) 54 914 (18.1) 6446 (23.4)
 >5–10 43 (7.9) 16 040 (10.0) 41 755 (9.7) 9652 (11.8) 30 399 (10.0) 3512 (12.7)
 >10 42 (7.7) 20 700 (12.9) 44 658 (10.4) 13 673 (16.8) 28 174 (9.3) 4487 (16.3)
 Missing 113 (20.5) 20 939 (13.0) 106 304 (24.6) 15 177 (18.6) 77 614 (25.5) 3841 (13.9)
History of chronic diseases at baseline included:
Any cardiovascular disease
 No 19 146 (3.5) 11 630 (7.2) 22 121 (5.1) 8655 (10.6) 26 078 (8.6) 4698 (17.0)
 Yes 1763 (0.3) 1545 (1.0) 2500 (0.6) 808 (1.0) 2859 (0.9) 449 (1.6)
 Missing 531 155 (96.2) 147 763 (91.8) 406 755 (94.3) 72 067 (88.4) 275 075 (90.5) 22 421 (81.3)
Diabetes
 No 440 316 (85.2) 113 913 (82.0) 308 678 (79.5) 55 152 (81.8) 200 184 (72.8) 14 468 (64.5)
 Yes 15 142 (2.9) 9472 (6.8) 16 115 (4.2) 4131 (6.1) 9268 (3.4) 1500 (6.7)
 Missing 61 381 (11.9) 15 541 (11.2) 63 500 (16.4) 8161 (12.1) 65 623 (23.9) 6453 (28.8)
Autoimmune disease
 No 86 690 (18.2) 35 539 (25.5) 104 565 (28.7) 20 401 (31.8) 115 614 (49.5) 9414 (49.4)
 Yes 6192 (1.3) 4179 (3.0) 7292 (2.0) 3159 (4.9) 9630 (4.1) 1855 (9.7)
 Missing 383 645 (80.5) 99 626 (71.5) 252 748 (69.3) 40 667 (63.3) 108 156 (46.3) 7787 (40.9)
*

Frequent: use at least ∼4–5 days/wk for 6 months or longer. BMI = body mass index; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.