A Case‐Control Study on Risk Factors for Uterine Endometrial Cancer in Japan

A case control study of 143 Japanese women with uterine endometrial cancer and 143 individually age‐matched controls was conducted to assess the risk factors for endometrial cancers in Japan. Among the characteristics studied, the following factors were significantly greater in the cases than in the...

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Published in:Cancer science 1994-04, Vol.85 (4), p.346-350
Main Authors: Inoue, Masaki, Okayama, Akira, Fujita, Masami, Enomoto, Takayuki, Tanizawa, Osamu, Ueshima, Hirotsugu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Case control study
Case-Control Studies
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes mellitus
Endometrial cancer
Endometrial Neoplasms - epidemiology
Endometrium
Epidemiology
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Health risk assessment
Humans
Hypertension - complications
Japan
Medical sciences
Menopause
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Obesity - complications
Odds Ratio
Parity
Risk factor
Risk Factors
Tumors
Uterine cancer
Uterus
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Summary:A case control study of 143 Japanese women with uterine endometrial cancer and 143 individually age‐matched controls was conducted to assess the risk factors for endometrial cancers in Japan. Among the characteristics studied, the following factors were significantly greater in the cases than in the controls: nulliparity (odds ratio for parity 1–3 and ≥4 versus nullipara are 0.40 and 0.02, respectively), obesity (odds ratio: 2.73), hypertension (odds ratio: 2.4), diabetes mellitus (odds ratio: 6.30), and a personal medical history of cancer (odds ratio: 3.06). The present study showed that Japanese women have the same risk factors for endometrial cancer as those reported in Western countries. The recent increase in the incidence of endometrial cancer in Japan may be largely attributed to the decrease in parity.
ISSN:0910-5050
1347-9032
1349-7006
1876-4673
DOI:10.1111/j.1349-7006.1994.tb02365.x