Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Aug 2;31(8):1610–1620. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0115

Table 3.

Associations between menstrual cycle characteristics and epithelial ovarian cancer among women in the Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) consortium by race, menopausal status and histotype

Black White
Controls HGS
Cases
Other
Histotype
Cases
HGS Other
Histotype
hist.
p-het
Controls HGS
Cases
Other
Histotype
Cases
HGS Other
Histotype
hist.
p-het
N (%) N (%) N (%) aOR (95 % CI) aOR (95 % CI) N (%) N (%) N (%) aOR (95 % CI) aOR (95 % CI)
Age at Menarche
Overall
  <11 years 231 (9.9) 62 (9.6) 39 (10.5) 1.09 (0.74, 1.62) 1.15 (071, 1.84) 0.98 450 (6.0) 113 (6.4) 85 (7.5) 1.29 (0.98, 1.71) 1.18 (0.86, 1.62) 0.24
  11-12 years 978 (42.1) 248 (38.2) 168 (45.0) 1.12 (0.83, 1.51) 1.26 (0.88, 1.82) 3077 (40.8) 730 (41.1) 476 (42.1) 1.20 (0.99, 1.46) 1.03 (0.82, 1.28)
  13-14 years 830 (35.7) 259 (39.9) 121 (32.4) 1.26 (0.94, 1.70) 1.05 (0.72, 1.53) 3241 (43.0) 764 (43.0) 449 (39.7) 1.20 (0.99, 1.45) 0.96 (0.77, 1.20)
  15+ years 286 (12.3) 80 (12.3) 45 (12.1) Reference Reference 776 (10.3) 170 (9.6) 122 (10.8) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.92 0.21 0.11 0.23
  Meno. p-het 0.87 0.90 0.05 0.09
Premenopausal
  <11 years 77 (11.3) 18 (12.6) 15 (12.6) 1.16 (0.54, 2.50) 1.18 (0.52, 2.70) 0.99 69 (5.9) 22 (8.6) 29 (9.3) 2.58 (1.26, 5.30) 1.97 (1.06, 3.66) 0.38
  11-12 years 314 (46.2) 62 (43.4) 57 (47.9) 1.09 (0.59, 2.01) 1.19 (0.61, 2.29) 479 (40.9) 116 (45.5) 139 (44.7) 1.89 (1.07, 3.32) 1.39 (0.86, 2.23)
  13-14 years 212 (31.2) 45 (31.5) 33 (27.7) 1.18 (0.62, 2.24) 1.05 (0.52, 2.12) 495 (42.3) 101 (39.6) 118 (37.9) 1.66 (0.94, 2.93) 1.19 (0.74, 1.93)
  15+ years 77 (11.3) 18 (12.6) 14 (11.8) Reference Reference 127 (10.9) 16 (6.3) 25 (8.0) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.87 0.56 0.01 0.02
Postmenopausal
  <11 years 154 (9.4) 44 (8.7) 24 (9.5) 1.06 (0.67, 1.68) 1.15 (0.64, 2.07) 0.97 381 (6.0) 91 (6.0) 56 (6.8) 1.11 (0.82, 1.51) 0.99 (0.68, 1.43) 0.23
  11-12 years 664 (40.4) 186 (36.8) 111 (43.7) 1.16 (0.82, 1.64) 1.33 (0.86, 2.07) 2598 (40.8) 614 (40.3) 337 (41.1) 1.11 (0.90, 1.37) 0.93 (0.73, 1.20)
  13-14 years 618 (37.6) 214 (42.3) 88 (34.7) 1.32 (0.94, 1.86) 1.09 (0.69, 1.71) 2746 (43.1) 663 (43.6) 331 (40.3) 1.15 (0.93, 1.41) 0.90 (0.70, 1.16)
  15+ years 209 (12.7) 62 (12.3) 31 (12.2) Reference Reference 649 (10.2) 154 (10.1) 97 (11.8) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.87 0.25 0.68 0.99
Age at Regularity
Overall
  <11 years 147 (9.0) 44 (8.0) 28 (8.9) 0.92 (0.60, 1.42) 1.04 (0.61, 1.75) 0.77 292 (4.3) 92 (5.5) 73 (6.8) 1.31 (0.98, 1.74) 1.39 (1.01, 1.92) 0.83
  11-12 years 599 (36.5) 196 (35.5) 140 (44.6) 1.12 (0.82, 1.52) 1.42 (0.98, 2.06) 2275 (33.3) 630 (37.7) 415 (38.9) 1.25 (1.06, 1.49) 1.20 (0.98, 1.48)
  13-14 years 596 (36.3) 230 (41.7) 101 (32.2) 1.33 (0.98, 1.80) 1.12 (0.76, 1.64) 2910 (42.6) 713 (42.6) 426 (39.9) 1.24 (1.05, 1.47) 1.12 (0.92, 1.38)
  15+ years 299 (18.2) 82 (14.9) 45 (14.3) Reference Reference 1348 (19.8) 238 (14.2) 154 (14.4) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.53 0.21 0.03 0.02
  Meno. p-het 0.38 0.61 0.15 0.26
Premenopausal
  <11 years 49 (11.7) 11 (9.5) 11 (10.9) 0.74 (0.31, 1.75) 1.24 (0.49, 3.11) 0.26 61 (5.3) 18 (7.3) 27 (8.9) 2.20 (1.10, 4.37) 2.17 (1.20, 3.91) 0.62
  11-12 years 186 (44.4) 45 (38.8) 47 (46.5) 0.86 (0.46, 1.61) 1.55 (0.76, 3.17) 424 (37.1) 107 (43.3) 129 (42.7) 1.79 (1.11, 2.88) 1.50 (0.99, 2.27)
  13-14 years 113 (27.0) 40 (34.5) 31 (30.7) 1.33 (0.70, 2.56) 1.82 (0.86, 3.88) 474 (41.5) 97 (39.3) 110 (36.4) 1.52 (0.94, 2.45) 1.20 (0.79, 1.82)
  15+ years 71 (17.0) 20 (17.2) 12 (11.9) Reference Reference 183 (16.0) 25 (10.1) 36 (11.9) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.21 0.74 0.01 0.004
Postmenopausal
  <11 years 98 (8.0) 33 (7.6) 17 (8.0) 1.00 (0.60, 1.66) 1.02 (0.53, 1.95) 0.82 231 (4.1) 74 (5.2) 46 (6.0) 1.15 (0.83, 1.57) 1.17 (0.79, 1.72) 0.78
  11-12 years 413 (33.8) 151 (34.6) 93 (43.7) 1.26 (0.88, 1.79) 1.47 (0.94, 2.28) 1851 (32.6) 523 (36.7) 286 (37.3) 1.18 (0.98, 1.42) 1.12 (0.88, 1.42)
  13-14 years 483 (39.5) 190 (43.6) 70 (32.9) 1.39 (0.99, 1.96) 0.99 (0.63, 1.55) 2436 (42.9) 616 (43.2) 316 (41.3) 1.21 (1.01, 1.45) 1.11 (0.88, 1.40)
  15+ years 228 (18.7) 62 (14.2) 33 (15.5) Reference Reference 1165 (20.5) 213 (14.9) 118 (15.4) Reference Reference
  P-trend 0.93 0.15 0.26 0.35

All models are adjusted for site, age, education, young adult weight, and height