| Literature DB >> 7114042 |
J L Kelsey, V A LiVolsi, T R Holford, D B Fischer, E D Mostow, P E Schwartz, T O'Connor, C White.
Abstract
A hospital-based case-control study of the epidemiology of endometrial cancer in women aged 45-74 years was carried out in Connecticut from 1977 to 1979. In total, 167 cases and 903 controls were included. Elevated risks were associated with the following factors: overweight, nulliparity, few pregnancies, use of estrogen replacement therapy, older age at menopause, and a history of ovarian or endometrial cancer in mother or a sister. Whites were more frequently affected than blacks, and better-educated women more often than less-educated women. Use of oral contraceptives was associated with a decreased risk, although the decrease did not reach statistical significance.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Biology; Body Weight; Cancer; Contraception; Contraceptive Agents; Contraceptive Agents, Female; Contraceptive Methods--side effects; Cultural Background; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Endocrine System; Endometrial Cancer; Estrogens; Ethnic Groups; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Hormones; Linear Regression; Menopause; Neoplasms; North America; Northern America; Nulliparity; Obesity; Oral Contraceptives--side effects; Parity; Physiology; Population; Population At Risk; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reproduction; Reproductive Control Agents; Research Methodology; Statistical Regression; United States; Whites
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Year: 1982 PMID： 7114042 DOI： 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113417
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Epidemiol ISSN： 0002-9262 Impact factor: 4.897