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. 2019 May 7;9:311. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00311

Table 4.

Multivariable odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of the relationship between reproductive and hormonal and lung cancer by smoking status.

<15 Cumulative active smoking years ≥15 Cumulative active smoking years
Cases Controls OR (95% CI)a Cases Controls OR (95% CI)a
n n n n
Menstrual duration b (years) 18 81 0.95 (0.84, 1.07) 194 61 0.92 (0.87, 0.98)
Still menstruating
 Yes 17 60 0.30 (0.10, 0.92) 8 11 0.29 (0.09, 0.88)
 No 17 61 1 (referent) 179 53 1 (referent)
Age at menarche (years)
  <14 11 32 1.68 (0.65, 4.30) 35 18 0.71 (0.35, 1.44)
 14 10 45 1.01 (0.39, 2.61) 48 17 0.89 (0.44, 1.78)
 ≥15 13 64 1 (referent) 120 37 1 (referent)
  p-trenda 0.32 0.37
Age at menopauseb (years)
  <45 6 25 2.46 (0.49, 12.24) 55 14 2.27 (1.02, 5.04)
 45–49 10 33 3.33 (0.76, 14.60) 88 22 1.81 (0.92, 3.57)
 ≥50 3 25 1 (referent) 67 27 1 (referent)
  p-trenda 0.45 0.03
Number of pregnancies (gravidity)
  ≤ 2 9 27 1.20 (0.46, 3.13) 31 16 0.62 (0.29, 1.32)
 3–5 19 85 1 (referent) 96 36 1 (referent)
 >5 10 34 1.88 (0.72, 4.92) 101 28 1.10 (0.60, 2.00)
  p-trenda 0.48 0.19
Age at first live-birth (years)
 Never pregnant 4 5 3.78 (0.81, 17.62) 11 5 0.45 (0.13, 1.51)
  <18 9 27 1.90 (0.67, 5.37) 41 20 0.52(0.25, 1.10)
 18–20 11 58 1 (referent) 87 22 1 (referent)
 ≥21 9 42 1.06 (0.39, 2.88) 70 27 0.58 (0.30, 1.14)
  p-trenda 0.35 0.99
Birth control use
 Ever 9 28 1.07 (0.43, 2.65) 19 11 0.63 (0.26, 1.49)
 Never 27 115 1 (referent) 200 62 1 (referent)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Estimates were adjusted for age and cumulative active smoking years, and exposures listed in the above table as applicable; one subject with missing cumulative active smoking history was excluded.

b

Premenopausal women not included.