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Table 6 Risk of colorectal cancer, overall and according to clinicopathological factors, in relation to oral contraceptive (OC) use

From: Associations of hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives with risk of colorectal cancer defined by clinicopathological factors, beta-catenin alterations, expression of cyclin D1, p53, and microsatellite-instability

Tumour subgroups

OC use

n

HR crude

p

HR adjusted

p

CRC

No

194

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

107

0.56(0.44-0.71)

<0.001

1.05(0.80-1.37)

0.738

T stage 1 & 2

No

45

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

17

0.39(0.22-0.68)

0.001

0.69(0.37-1.28)

0.239

T stage 3 & 4

No

127

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

77

0.62(0.47-0.82)

0.001

1.21(0.87-1.67)

0.254

N0

No

105

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

46

0.45(0.32-0.63)

<0.001

0.82(0.56-1.22)

0.328

N1 & N2

No

60

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

45

0.78(0.52-1.13)

0.176

1.36(0.88-2.11)

0.173

M0

No

150

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

85

0.58(0.44-0.75)

<0.001

1.05(0.78-1.42)

0.744

M1

No

38

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

17

0.46(0.26-0.81)

0.007

0.90(0.47-1.70)

0.734

beta-catenin+

No

105

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

51

0.50(0.35-0.70)

<0.001

0.97(0.66-1.41)

0.853

beta-catenin−

No

61

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

42

0.70(0.47-1.04)

0.076

1.31(0.84-2.05)

0.232

cyclin D1+

No

138

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

75

0.55(0.42-0.74)

<0.001

1.16(0.85-1.60)

0.351

cyclin D1−

No

30

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

15

0.51(0.27-0.94)

0.032

0.63(0.32-1.27)

0.199

p53+

No

81

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

46

0.58(0.41-0.83)

0.003

1.06(0.70-1.60)

0.744

p53−

No

88

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

45

0.52(0.36-0.74)

<0.001

1.04(0.70-1.56)

0.840

MSI

No

28

1.00

 

1.00

 

OC

17

0.62(0.34-1.13)

0.117

1.78(0.92-3.47)

0.088

MSS

No

136

1.00

 

1.00

 
 

OC

74

0.56(0.42-0.74)

<0.001

0.98(0.71-1.36)

0.912

  1. Adjusted for age, bmi, educational level, smoking habits and alcohol consumption.