Table 2

Risk of colon cancer and HRT use: Ever-use of HRT vs. never-use.


e-case1
e-ctrl.1
Adj. OR (95% CI)

Ever HRT
150
562
0.97 (0.71–1.32)
Duration of use2,3



1–4 yrs
22
130
0.65 (0.37–1.16)
5–9 yrs
41
180
1.06 (0.67–1.68)
10+ yrs
45
175
0.87 (0.53–1.41)




Time since first use2,3



1–4 yrs
41
148
1.04 (0.66–1.66)
5–9 yrs
46
193
0.99 (0.64–1.52)
10–14 yrs
36
133
1.04 (0.65–1.69)
15+ yrs
27
88
0.79 (0.45–1.39)




Time since last use2,3



< 1 yr/current use
136
496
1.00 (0.74–1.38)
1–2 yrs
8
43
0.72 (0.31–1.69)
3–4 yrs
5
22
0.85 (0.29–2.50)
5+ yrs
1
1
n.d.4

1 e-case, e-ctrl = number of observations for exposed cases or exposed controls respectively.

2 time variables were rounded

3 no significant trend with increasing time

4 n.d. = no data

Conditional logistic regression analysis [odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals]; adjustment for BMI, family history of colon cancer, childbearing history, age at first live birth, duration of breast-feeding, age at menarche, ever OC use, education. Index dates 0.5 = exposure information was not considered 0.5 years prior to cancer diagnosis.

Dinger et al. BMC Cancer 2007 7:76   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-7-76