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ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2017

Reproductive factors and incidence of endometrial cancer in U.S. black women.

Todd R Sponholtz, Julie R Palmer, Lynn Rosenberg, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lucile L Adams-Campbell, Lauren A Wise

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Article in Cancer causes & control : CCC, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Todd R SponholtzSection of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 470, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. spnhltz@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4647-5354
Julie R PalmerSlone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 72 East Concord Street, L-7, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Lynn RosenbergSlone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 72 East Concord Street, L-7, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Elizabeth E HatchDepartment of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, The Talbot Building, T2C, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Lucile L Adams-CampbellDivision of Cancer Prevention and Control, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 1000 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, 20003, DC, USA.
Lauren A WiseSlone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, 72 East Concord Street, L-7, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Boston University · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

FOLLOW-UP STUDY FOR CAUSES OF ILLNESS IN BLACK WOMENR01CA058420 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI ROSENBERG, LYNN · 1999 to 2013
$20.7M
A Follow-up Study for Causes of Cancer in Black WomenUM1CA164974 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI ROSENBERG, LYNN · 2012 to 2017
$13.7M
Multidisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular EpidemiologyT32HL125232 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Matthew G. Nayor, Vanessa Xanthakis · 2016 to 2026
$5.0M
Endometrial cancer in black womenR03CA169888 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WISE, LAUREN A · 2013 to 2014
$123k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA058420NCI NIH HHS R03 CA169888NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA164974NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL125232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePrevious studies have shown that reproductive history is a strong determinant of endometrial cancer risk among white women. Less is known about how reproductive history affects endometrial cancer risk among black women, whose incidence and mortality differ from white women. We investigated the associations of age at menarche, parity, timing of births, and menopausal age with endometrial cancer in the Black Women's Health Study, a prospective cohort study.

methodsEvery 2 years from 1995 to 2013, 47,555 participants with intact uteri at baseline in 1995 completed questionnaires on reproductive and medical history, and lifestyle factors. Self-reported cases of endometrial cancer were confirmed by medical record, cancer registry, or death certificate when available. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate multivariable incidence rate ratios (IRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

resultsDuring 689,501 person-years of follow-up, we identified 300 incident cases of endometrial cancer. The strongest associations with endometrial cancer were found for early age at menarche (<11 vs. 12-13 years: IRR 1.82, 95% CI 1.31, 2.52), and later age at first birth (≥30 vs. <20 years: IRR 0.26, 95% CI 0.13, 0.50). Parous women were less likely than nulliparous women to develop endometrial cancer (IRR 0.77, 95% CI 0.57, 1.05), but there was little evidence of a dose-response relationship for number of births.

conclusionAssociations between reproductive factors and endometrial cancer among black women were generally consistent with those in studies of white women.

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MenarcheParityReproductive HistoryAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedPregnancyProspective StudiesRisk FactorsWomen's HealthBlack womenEndometrial cancerProspective studiesReproduction

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