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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants, showing mean and standard deviation (SD) for continuous characteristics and frequency and percentage for categorical characteristics

From: Endometriosis as a risk factor for ovarian or endometrial cancer — results of a hospital-based case–control study

Characteristic

Controls (n = 1016)

Cases (n = 289)

Ovarian cancer cases (n = 165)

Endometrial cancer cases (n = 131)a

Mean or n

SD or %

Mean or n

SD or %

Mean or n

SD or %

Mean or n

SD or %

Age [years]

60.9

9.3

62.1

11.1

59.5

11.1

65.6

10.5

Body mass index [kg/m2]

25.5

4.3

27

5.8

26

4.7

28.3

6.9

Self-reported endometriosis

 No

995

97.9

275

95.2

158

95.8

124

94.7

 Yes

21

2.1

14

4.8

7

4.2

7

5.3

Oral contraceptive use

 No

275

27.1

141

48.8

72

43.6

71

54.2

 Yes

741

72.9

148

51.2

93

56.4

60

45.8

Pregnancies (n)

 0

121

11.9

41

14.2

14

8.5

27

20.6

 1

165

16.2

62

21.5

31

18.8

32

24.4

 2

373

36.7

100

34.6

66

40.0

37

28.2

 3

219

21.6

52

18.0

35

21.2

19

14.5

 4+

138

13.6

34

11.8

19

11.5

16

12.2

  1. aSummed up numbers of ovarian and endometrial cancer cases is larger than 289, because there were cases with both ovarian and endometrial cancer