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A case–control study of reproductive factors and renal cell carcinoma among black and white women in the United States

Cancer Causes & Control volume 22, Article number: 1537 (2011) Cite this article

Abstract

Objective

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) incidence is higher among blacks than whites in the United States and has been associated with the frequency and timing of childbirth among women in some epidemiologic studies. We investigated whether reproductive factors are associated with RCC, overall and by race, within a population-based case–control study.

Methods

Between 2002 and 2007, 497 female cases of incident RCC (136 black, 361 white) and 546 female controls (273 black, 273 white) within the Detroit and Chicago metropolitan areas were enrolled. Information on reproductive history and other factors was collected through in-person interviews. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed using unconditional logistic regression.

Results

Reduced RCC risk was observed among women aged ≥30 years at first live birth, relative to an age of <20 years (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3–0.9). This association was present among both white (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2–0.9) and, though not statistically significant, black women (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.2–1.8). In analyses restricted to clear cell adenocarcinoma, the most common RCC histological subtype, the association was particularly strong (OR 0.3, 95% CI 0.2–0.8). We did not observe clear evidence of association with RCC for other reproductive factors.

Conclusions

Our findings further support an association between late maternal age at first birth and reduced RCC risk, and suggest that the association may be particularly strong for clear cell adenocarcinoma.

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Acknowledgments

We thank M. Dunn and K. Torres (Westat, Rockville, MD) for study coordination and S. Munuo (IMS, Silver Spring, MD) for computer support. Financial support: This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute under the following contracts: N02-CP-10128 (Westat, Inc.), N02-CP-11004 (Wayne State University), and N02-CP-11161 (University of Illinois at Chicago).

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  1. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 8114, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7240, USA

    Mark P. Purdue, Joanne S. Colt, Barry Graubard, Sara Karami, Sholom Wacholder & Wong-Ho Chow

  2. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Faith Davis

  3. Karmanos Cancer Institute and Department of Family Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Julie J. Ruterbusch & Kendra Schwartz

  4. Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA

    Ralph DiGaetano

  5. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Kendra Schwartz

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Purdue, M.P., Colt, J.S., Graubard, B. et al. A case–control study of reproductive factors and renal cell carcinoma among black and white women in the United States. Cancer Causes Control 22, 1537 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9830-8

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Keywords

  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Reproductive factors
  • Case–control studies
  • Hysterectomy
  • Parity