Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 143-147, June 2005

Relevant Factors for Cervical Cancer Among Young Women in Taiwan

  • Tze-Chien Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Yi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sung-Yuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Long Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuh-Cheng Yang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Yuh-Cheng Yang, Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92 Chung-San North Road, Section 2, Taipei 104, Taiwan

Received 19 October 2004; received in revised form 20 October 2004; accepted 20 October 2004.

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Summary 

Objective

To evaluate the relevant factors for cervical cancer among young women in Taiwan.

Materials and Methods

A case-control study was conducted between 1986 and 1992. The cases included 45 women younger than 36 years with histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer. The controls were 54 women younger than 36 years with non-neoplastic conditions judged to be unrelated to any of the risk factors for cervical cancer. Questions were asked about demography, contraception, reproductive history, sexual history, diet, cigarette smoking, and cooking practices.

Results

Cross tabulation and Pearson's Chi-squared test showed that monthly income, age at first birth, parity, numbers of vaginal deliveries, age at first intercourse, history of sexually transmitted disease, husband visiting prostitutes, and cooking practice were significantly different between the case and control groups. However, after conditional logistic regression analysis, only cooking practice remained associated with cervical cancer among young women. Among young women reporting to cook on a daily basis, the risk for cervical cancer tended to increase among those who fried five times or more per month (OR = 7.4) compared with women who fried less often.

Conclusion

The results from this study indicated that cooking practice may be a risk factor for the development of cervical cancer among young women in Taiwan.

Key Words:  cervical cancer , cooking , young women

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60126-1

doi:10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60126-1

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 143-147, June 2005

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