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. 2021 Oct;10(10):3912–3928. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-21-552

Table 3. Multivariable model for lung cancer risk.

Factors All females recruited Postmenopausal females
Lung cancer Adenocarcinoma Lung cancer Adenocarcinoma
Cases (N=1,529) Model a,
HR (95% CI)
Cases (N=1,202) Model a,
HR (95% CI)
Cases (N=1,281) Model b,
HR (95% CI)
Cases (N=993) Model b,
HR (95% CI)
Menopause status
   Natural menopause 1,200 Ref 921 Ref
   Surgical menopause 81 1.62 (1.29–2.05) 72 1.78 (1.39–2.29)
Age at menopause, year
   <45 78 Ref 68 Ref
   45–49 385 0.86 (0.67–1.10) 301 0.80 (0.61–1.05)
   50–54 737 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 561 0.85 (0.65–1.10)
   ≥55 81 1.00 (0.73–1.37) 63 0.92 (0.65–1.30)
Age at menarche, year
   <13 137 Ref 107 Ref 100 Ref 77 Ref
   13 269 1.14 (0.92–1.40) 207 1.07 (0.84–1.36) 224 1.25 (0.98–1.58) 171 1.25 (0.96–1.64)
   14 363 1.15 (0.94–1.40) 275 1.09 (0.87–1.37) 298 1.22 (0.97–1.53) 219 1.19 (0.91–1.54)
   15 311 1.27 (1.04–1.56) 254 1.29 (1.02–1.63) 260 1.33 (1.05–1.68) 211 1.43 (1.10–1.86)
   ≥16 449 1.45 (1.19–1.76) 359 1.48 (1.19–1.86) 399 1.51 (1.21–1.89) 315 1.58 (1.23–2.03)
Age at first live birth, year
   Nulliparous 31 1.20 (0.81–1.78) 23 1.08 (0.67–1.76) 24 1.29 (0.83–2.02) 19 1.36 (0.82–2.24)
   <25 469 Ref 345 Ref 413 Ref 298 Ref
   25–29 901 1.27 (1.13–1.43) 728 1.40 (1.22–1.60) 744 1.20 (1.06–1.36) 593 1.31 (1.13–1.51)
   ≥30 128 1.23 (1.00–1.51) 106 1.32 (1.05–1.68) 100 1.15 (0.91–1.44) 83 1.27 (0.99–1.64)
Duration of breastfeeding, month
   0 191 Ref 154 Ref 155 Ref 126 Ref
   1–12 963 1.02 (0.80–1.13) 765 0.99 (0.82–1.21) 792 1.04 (0.86–1.25) 618 1.03 (0.83–1.27)
   ≥13 375 0.86 (0.71–1.04) 283 0.82 (0.66–1.03) 334 0.87 (0.70–1.07) 249 0.85 (0.67–1.08)
Benign breast disease
   No 989 Ref 759 Ref 864 Ref 653 Ref
   Yes 540 1.25 (1.10–1.41) 443 1.29 (1.12–1.49) 417 1.16 (1.01–1.33) 340 1.21 (1.04–1.40)
Surgery on the reproductive system
   No 1,293 Ref 1012 Ref 1,094 Ref 844 Ref
   Yes 236 1.10 (0.96–1.28) 190 1.08 (0.91–1.28) 187 1.19 (1.01–1.40) 149 1.20 (1.00–1.44)

, model a includes age at menarche, age at first live birth, duration of breastfeeding, benign breast disease, surgery of the reproductive system, age at enrollment (continuous), education (low, medium, or high), BMI (underweight, normal, overweight or obese), smoking status (current, former or never-smoker), exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (yes or no), exposure to cooking smoke (none, little, some, or much), occupational exposures (yes or no), history of chronic respiratory disease (yes or no) and family history of lung cancer (yes or no). Province of different economic region was treated as a random variable considering within-cluster correlation. , model b further includes menopause status and age at menopause based on Model a. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.