Benign gynecologic conditions are associated with ovarian cancer risk in African-American women: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between common benign gynecologic conditions and ovarian cancer remains under-studied in African Americans. Therefore, we examine the association between self-reported history of benign gynecologic conditions and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in African-American women.

Methods

Data from a large population-based, multi-center case-control study of epithelial ovarian cancer in African-American women were analyzed to estimate the association between self-reported history of endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), fibroid, and ovarian cyst with epithelial ovarian cancer. Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations between individual and composite gynecologic conditions and

SUBMITTER: Park HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature