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. 2018 Dec 19;30(2):310–316. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy541

Table 1.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between frequency of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) use and endometrial cancer risk, overall and by body mass index (BMI)

Aspirina
Non-aspirin NSAIDsa
Frequency of use Cases Controls Cases Controls
N (%) N (%) ORb (95% CI) N (%) N (%) ORb (95% CI)
Overall
 <1/week 3472 (70) 6130 (65) 1.00 (Ref) 3443 (76) 6878 (77) 1.00 (Ref)
 1/week 179 (4) 428 (4) 0.98 (0.80–1.20) 124 (3) 319 (3) 0.80 (0.62–1.02)
 2–6/week 450 (9) 1114 (12) 0.89 (0.78–1.02) 446 (10) 771 (9) 0.93 (0.81–1.08)
 Daily 877 (17) 1790 (19) 0.96 (0.86–1.07) 492 (11) 989 (11) 0.94 (0.82–1.08)
BMI < 25.0 kg/m2
 <1/week 919 (71) 2925 (68) 1.00 (Ref) 954 (81) 3277 (80) 1.00 (Ref)
 1/week 52 (4) 196 (5) 1.04 (0.74–1.46) 28 (2) 159 (4) 0.65 (0.42–1.01)
 2–6/week 128 (10) 495 (11) 1.05 (0.84–1.32) 90 (8) 284 (7) 1.10 (0.84–1.44)
 Daily 199 (15) 710 (16) 1.09 (0.90–1.31) 100 (9) 359 (9) 1.19 (0.93–1.53)
BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2
 <1/week 2466 (69) 3108 (62) 1.00 (Ref) 2421 (75) 3493 (74) 1.00 (Ref)
 1/week 126 (3) 224 (4) 0.93 (0.72–1.20) 92 (3) 153 (3) 0.88 (0.65–1.19)
 2–6/week 312 (9) 600 (12) 0.81 (0.68–0.96) 342 (11) 477 (10) 0.87 (0.73–1.04)
 Daily 672 (19) 1066 (21) 0.91 (0.80–1.03) 384 (12) 621 (13) 0.85 (0.73–1.00)
P-trend 0.02
a

Includes the Australian National Endometrial Cancer Study (ANECS), Connecticut Endometrial Cancer Study (CONN), FHCRC, PEDS (aspirin only), Iowa Women’s Health Study (IOWA), NIH and Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO).

b

Adjusted for age at diagnosis/interview (continuous), parity (continuous), BMI (kg/m2, continuous) and oral contraceptive use (ever/never), highest level of education and smoking.