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Risk factors for cancer of the cervix
A A Fatiregun1, I O Yisa, E A Bamgboye
1Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health College of Medicine, University of Ibadan e-mail akinfati@yahoo.com.
Background:
Cancer of the cervix is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and the leading cancer in Nigeria.
Objective:
This study examined the risk factors associated with cancer of the cervix as seen in patients presenting to a tertiary hospital with gynaecologic conditions.
Study Design:
The case control study design was used with a retrospective review of records of randomly selected cases of cancers of the cervix from the cancer registry and appropriate controls among hospital patients.
Results:
Binary logistic regression carried out on the data revealed that contraceptive method (OR = 3.38, 95% CI = 1.75, 6.51) number of children (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.09, 1.47), and age (OR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.10) were the significant risk factors out of all the potential risk factors that were assessed.
Conclusion:
These findings provide a useful insight into the general pattern of risk associated with cancer of the cervix in our environment.
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