Research Article
Risk Factors for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Table 3
Hormonal and reproductive characteristics of female examinees.
| | Cases | Controls | | | | % | | % |
| Menarche before 15 | | | | | | Yes | 61 | 79.2 | 140 | 90.9 | 0.0151 | No | 16 | 20.8 | 14 | 9.1 | Normal menstruations | | | | | | Yes | 73 | 94.8 | 149 | 96.8 | 0.4747 | No | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 3.2 | Pregnancy | | | | | | Yes | 73 | 94.8 | 152 | 98.7 | 0.1041 | No | 4 | 5.2 | 2 | 1.3 | First pregnancy before 19 | | | | | | Yes | 14 | 19.2 | 14 | 9.2 | 0.0376 | No | 59 | 80.8 | 138 | 90.8 | Number of children | | | | | | <2 children | 37 | 48.1 | 84 | 54.4 | 0.2751 | ≥2 children | 40 | 51.9 | 70 | 45.6 | Miscarriages | | | | | | Yes | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.2905 | No | 69 | 94.5 | 148 | 97.4 | Abortions | | | | | | Yes | 58 | 75.4 | 109 | 70.6 | 0.4158 | No | 19 | 24.6 | 45 | 29.4 | Oral contraceptives | | | | | | Yes | 20 | 26.0 | 34 | 22.1 | 0.5099 | No | 57 | 74.0 | 120 | 77.9 | Menopause estrogens | | | | | | Yes | 5 | 7.0 | 8 | 5.6 | 0.6678 | No | 66 | 93.0 | 136 | 94.4 |
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Univariate logistic regression analysis.
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