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Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2020 Feb 29;157(2):529–535. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.02.028

Table 5.

Risk factors for urinary and genital organ disorders among ovarian cancer survivors

Urinary system disorders Genital organ disorders
1 to <5 years 5+ years 1 to <5 years 5+ years
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Cancer Treatmenta
 Surgery only Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Surgery and chemotherapy 1.81 (1.33, 2.46) 0.89 (0.57, 1.38) 1.27 (0.85, 1.88) 1.39 (0.58, 3.35)
 other treatmente 2.76 (1.58, 4.82) 1.01 (0.23, 4.43) 1.26 (0.62, 2.60) 2.62 (0.31, 22.23)
Surgery Typea
 Limited surgeryg Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Aggressive surgeryg 3.34 (2.14, 5.22) 1.32 (0.80, 2.16) 1.53 (0.88, 2.65) 2.74 (0.80, 9.47)
Cancer Stagea
 Localized Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Regional 1.39 (0.88, 2.22) 1.05 (0.59, 1.88) 1.01 (0.55, 1.84)* 0.71 (0.15, 3.49)
 Advanced 3.11 (2.18, 4.45) 1.21 (0.73, 2.00) 1.27 (0.82, 1.97)* 2.10 (0.86, 5.12)
Histologya
 High-grade serous Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Low-grade serous 0.67 (0.21, 2.13) 8.9 (2.99, 26.5) --- 0.76 (0.09, 6.79)
 Endometrioid 0.38 (0.23, 0.64) 0.91 (0.47, 1.77) 0.83 (0.44, 1.56) 1.57 (0.52, 4.76)
 Mucinous 0.51 (0.29, 0.88) 1.07 (0.55, 2.09) 1.01 (0.55, 1.87) 1.35 (0.36, 5.04)
 Clear Cell 0.57 (0.32, 1.02) 1.58 (0.71, 3.52) 1.16 (0.59, 2.26) ---
 Carcinosarcoma 2.00 (0.79, 5.08) --- 0.51 (0.07, 3.74) ---
 Carcinoma, NOS 0.75 (0.44, 1.25) 0.74 (0.28, 1.91) 0.83 (0.38, 1.81) 2.52 (0.50, 12.60)
 Other typef 0.54 (0.32, 0.91) 0.34 (0.13, 0.92) 0.70 (0.36, 1.37) 1.96 (0.55, 6.94)
Baseline BMIb
 <18 kg/m2 1.31 (0.61, 2.83) 1.11 (0.27, 4.61) 1.48 (0.53, 4.14) ---
 18 to 24 kg/m2 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 25 to 29 kg/m2 1.11 (0.81, 1.53) 0.79 (0.45, 1.37) 1.54 (1.05, 2.24) 1.08 (0.41, 2.89)
 30+ kg/m2 1.15 (0.82, 1.63) 1.50 (0.87, 2.60) 1.03 (0.65, 1.64) 2.01 (0.74, 5.45)
Age at Cancer Diagnosisc
 18–49 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 50–59 1.48 (1.03, 2.12) 1.55 (0.87, 2.75) 0.82 (0.53, 1.27) 0.46 (0.15, 1.35)
 60–69 1.43 (0.97, 2.11) 2.89 (1.59, 5.24) 0.59 (0.36, 0.96) 0.71 (0.24, 2.10)
 70–79 1.31 (0.87, 1.98) 5.45 (2.86, 10.38) 0.48 (0.28, 0.84) 0.81 (0.25, 2.66)
 80+ 2.85 (1.62, 5.01) 4.89 (0.65, 36.98) 0.76 (0.35, 1.66) ---
Baseline CCId
 0 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 1 1.31 (0.93, 1.83) 1.22 (0.64, 2.31) 0.82 (0.52, 1.29) 0.50 (0.11, 2.21)
 2+ 2.71 (1.84, 3.99) 0.72 (0.21, 2.45) 1.44 (0.89, 2.34) 0.34 (0.04, 2.76)

Abbreviation: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confident interval; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index.

Model adjusted for

a.

age at diagnosis, baseline BMI, baseline CCI, race;

b.

age at diagnosis, baseline CCI, race;

c.

baseline BMI, baseline CCI;

d.

age at diagnosis, baseline BMI, race.

e.

Chemotherapy only, surgery and radiation only, chemotherapy and radiation only, surgery and radiation and chemotherapy only.

f.

Malignant Brenner, mixed, sarcoma, non-specific.

g.

Limited surgery: removal of tumor or unilateral/bilateral oophorectomy (with or without hysterectomy).

Aggressive surgery: surgery with omentectomy, debulking, pelvic exenteration.

*

Proportional hazards assumption not met; flexible model used.