[A case-control study on endometrial carcinoma]

In order to study the risk factors associated with endometrial carcinoma, a case-control study conducted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Medical University, from July 1984 to June 1988. Interviews with 102 cases and 102 matched controls were made. The authors analyzed the data, by using odds ratio, chi 2 test, chi 2 test for trend and logistic regression. The results indicated that risk factors related to endometrial carcinoma might be early menarche, low frequency of pregnancy, nulliparity or low parity and obesity. The factors of hypertension, diabetes, uterine curettage, fluoroscopy of pelvic cavity and mental trauma might also play a very important role in the pathogenesis of endometrial carcinoma. There was no association between endometrial carcinoma and oral contraceptives, age of first birth, sterilization, leiomyoma of uterus.