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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Oct 30;27(12):1509–1517. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0346

Table 3.

Associations between aspirin and non-aspirin NSAID use and risk of ovarian cancer by COX1/COX2 level in the Nurses’ Health Studies and the New England Case Control Study

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Controls (n) Cases (n) COX1− COX1+ P-het COX2− COX2+ P-het
Aspirin
Regular use
No regular use 1552 197 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
Past use 280 92 0.74 (0.49, 1.11) 0.87 (0.50, 1.49) 0.79 (0.52, 1.19) 0.78 (0.47, 1.28)
Recent use 605 163 0.71 (0.50, 1.01) 0.87 (0.54, 1.38) 0.82 (0.57, 1.17) 0.68 (0.44, 1.06)
0.72 0.73
Duration
<1 year 1616 212 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
1 to <5 years 206 39 0.68 (0.43, 1.09) 0.72 (0.36, 1.44) 0.67 (0.41, 1.09) 0.75 (0.40, 1.38)
5 to <10 years 197 62 0.95 (0.62, 1.45) 0.96 (0.53, 1.77) 1.14 (0.75, 1.73) 0.67 (0.36, 1.24)
10+ years 347 109 0.76 (0.51, 1.13) 0.95 (0.57, 1.59) 0.92 (0.62, 1.37) 0.70 (0.42, 1.17)
p-trend 0.34 0.92 0.91 0.22
0.46 0.22
Tablets
<1 tablet/week 1728 260 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
1 to <6 tablets/week 395 131 0.91 (0.66, 1.25) 0.94 (0.61, 1.46) 0.90 (0.65, 1.24) 1.01 (0.67, 1.53)
6+ tablets per week 292 62 0.76 (0.52, 1.13) 0.87 (0.51, 1.49) 0.82 (0.56, 1.22) 0.79 (0.46, 1.34)
p-trend 0.17 0.62 0.31 0.40
0.69 0.95
Non-aspirin NSAIDs
Regular use
No regular use 1600 208 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
Past use 247 105 1.54 (1.08, 2.20) 1.50 (0.91, 2.47) 1.71 (1.19, 2.44) 1.27 (0.79, 2.04)
Recent use 460 110 0.96 (0.68, 1.34) 1.05 (0.66, 1.68) 1.00 (0.70, 1.41) 1.00 (0.65, 1.53)
0.92 0.55
Duration
<1 year 1680 226 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
1 to <5 years 347 84 0.92 (0.64, 1.31) 1.03 (0.63, 1.68) 1.12 (0.79, 1.60) 0.67 (0.40, 1.11)
5 to <10 years 206 72 1.27 (0.86, 1.88) 1.21 (0.70, 2.11) 1.38 (0.93, 2.06) 1.09 (0.65, 1.83)
10+ years 111 45 1.75 (1.08, 2.82) 1.92 (0.99, 3.72) 1.59 (0.95, 2.68) 2.24 (1.28, 3.93)
p-trend 0.010 0.05 0.02 0.006
0.93 0.51
Tablets
<1 tablet/week 1478 184 (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref)
1 to <6 tablets/week 164 50 0.96 (0.59, 1.54) 1.45 (0.78, 2.70) 0.87 (0.51, 1.48) 1.49 (0.87, 2.55)
6+ tablets per week 225 48 1.03 (0.65, 1.61) 1.07 (0.55, 2.09) 1.01 (0.63, 1.64) 1.08 (0.60, 1.92)
p-trend 0.97 0.77 0.95 0.71
0.82 0.74

Models are adjusted for: cohort, age, menopausal status (pre/post), parity (nulliparous, 1, 2, 3, >3), oral contraceptive use (<1, 1-5, 5-10, 10+ years), estrogen, estrogen+progestin and other HT use (ever/never), tubal ligation (yes/no), hysterectomy (yes/no), family history of breast or ovarian cancer (yes/no), and BMI (<20, 20-25, 25-30, 30+)