Table 6.
Odds ratio of cervical cancer (all stages, aged 29+) in women having normal tests compared to women not being screened in the last two screening rounds, by histological type
| All types | Squamous cell cancer | Adenocarcinoma | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening history1 | No. of case sub. | No. of control sub. | OR | OR adjusted2 | No. of case sub. | No. of control sub. | OR | OR adjusted2 | No. of case sub. | No. of control sub. | OR | OR adjusted2 |
| Normal–Normal | 651 | 48,742 | 0.16 (0.14–0.17) | 0.15 (0.14–0.17) | 401 | 34,942 | 0.12 (0.10–0.13) | 0.11 (0.10–0.13) | 190 | 10,082 | 0.43 (0.33–0.54) | 0.40 (0.32–0.52) |
| Unscr.–Unscr. | 1,711 | 29,670 | Ref. | Ref. | 1,368 | 22,099 | Ref. | Ref. | 207 | 5,103 | Ref. | Ref. |
1
Left‐hand side of hyphen represents the previous screening round, and right‐hand side represents the most recent screening round.
2
Adjusted for education and age group.
Abbreviation: Unscr., unscreened.