Research Article
Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and History of Cervical Cancer among a US National Population
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants by history of cervical cancer.
| Characteristics | Controls ( = 25 , 807, 304) | Cases ( = 585, 924) | Wald chi-square value |
| Age (mean ± SD, yrs) | 42.4 (0.24) | 42.8 (0.45) | 0.7449 | Years since cervical cancer diagnosis (mean ± SD) | — | 14.6 (0.51) | | Age ≥ 40 years (%) | 60.3 | 55.7 | 0.4938 | Race | | | | Non-Hispanic White (%) | 69.3 | 82.7 | 0.0868 | Mexican American/Other Hispanic (%) | 13.5 | 7.3 | | Non-Hispanic Black (%) | 12.2 | 6.2 | | Other races and multiraces (%) | 4.9 | 3.8 | | Diploma/GED or greater (%) | 82.8 | 78.1 | 0.3663 | Married (%) | 65.2 | 52.3 | 0.0590 | Increased waist circumference (%) | 60.4 | 65.7 | 0.5094 | Hypertension (%) | 39.8 | 45.0 | 0.4376 | Hypertriglyceridemia (%) | 25.3 | 35.3 | 0.1914 | Hyperglycemia (%) | 29.2 | 34.5 | 0.3906 | Low HDL (%) | 36.4 | 41.0 | 0.5128 | MetS (≥3 components) (%) | 33.2 | 48.6 | 0.0768 | Alcohol use (≥3 drinks for day) (%) | 27.2 | 36.8 | 0.2247 | Pregnant at exam (%) | 4.9 | 4.7 | 0.9362 | Good rated health (%) | 84.5 | 71.0 | 0.0360 | High number of lifetime sexual partners (≥10) (%) | 23.8 | 37.3 | 0.0307 | Multiparity (≥2 births) (%) | 62.1 | 62.5 | 0.9482 | History hormonal contraceptive use (%) | 84.0 | 91.5 | 0.0755 | History of smoking (≥100 cigarettes in a lifetime) (%) | 46.6 | 69.2 | 0.0075 |
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MetS: metabolic syndrome; GED: general education development; HDL: high density lipoproteins.
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