Table 4

Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for breast cancer associated with use of oral contraceptives (OCs) in relation to the first birth.

Use of OC
Cases
Controls
Crude
Adjusted*

n
n
OR
OR
95% CI

User after 1st birth
7
12
0.8
0.8
(0.2, 2.5)
User before 1st birth
74
143
1.1
1.0
(0.5, 1.7)
User, no births
32
62
1
1

Order of use and births** not known
1
5




‡ Women missing information about OC use or (21 cases and 37 controls) or having not used OCs while in the HSHS (15 cases and 57 controls) were excluded. *Adjusted for sports (no sports, sports, unknown) and smoking (never, ever, unknown). † Reference group. **Chronological order of the first delivery and start of OC use.

Hemminki et al. BMC Women's Health 2002 2:9   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-2-9