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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2019 Sep 5;79(19):5113–5120. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-1222

Table 5:

Risk of ovarian cancer by trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms, remitted versus active symptoms Nurses’ Health Study II, 1989-2015 (N=49 443)

All follow-up, 1989-2015
Cases/ person-
years
Risk of ovarian cancer,
adjusted for age
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Trauma and PTSD
 No trauma 25/284 582 1.0 [Reference]
 Trauma, no PTSD 20/288 658 0.65 (0.36, 1.18)
 1-3 PTSD symptoms 25/287 873 0.79 (0.45, 1.37)
 4-5 PTSD symptoms, remitted 11/67 067 1.10 (0.54, 2.26)
 4-5 PTSD symptoms, active 6/55 406 1.78 (0.71, 4.46)
 6-7 PTSD symptoms, remitted 10/33 963 1.85 (0.88, 3.91)
 6-7 PTSD symptoms, active 6/36 518 2.66 (1.06, 6.67)*
 Trauma, PTSD symptoms unknown 7/103 360 1.62 (0.67, 3.93)
*

p<0.05