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SUBMITTER: Wang SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3218628 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Sophia S SS Hartge Patricia P Yeager Meredith M Carreón Tania T Ruder Avima M AM Linet Martha M Inskip Peter D PD Black Amanda A Hsing Ann W AW Alavanja Michael M Beane-Freeman Laura L Safaiean Mahboobeh M Chanock Stephen J SJ Rajaraman Preetha P
American journal of epidemiology 20110913 8
In a pooled analysis of 4 US epidemiologic studies (1993-2001), the authors evaluated the role of 5 female reproductive factors in 357 women with glioma and 822 controls. The authors further evaluated the independent association between 5 implicated gene variants and glioma risk among the study population, as well as the joint associations of female reproductive factors (ages at menarche and menopause, menopausal status, use of oral contraceptives, and menopausal hormone therapy) and these gene ...[more]