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Table 3 Carotid plaques in the common carotid artery and reproductive parameters in 800 postmenopausal women, the KORA F4 study

From: Reproductive factors, intima media thickness and carotid plaques in a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the population-based KORA F4 study

	Age-adjusted			Multivariable-adjusted
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Menarche
<12 years	2.23	1.13-4.43	0.018	2.11	1.05-4.26	0.037
12-15 years**
>15 years	1.22	0.77-1.92	0.290	1.25	0.79-1.99	0.436
Parity
0	1.37	0.83-2.26	0.195	1.41	0.83-2.38	0.186
1-2	1.01	0.73-1.41	0.397	1.02	0.73-1.42	0.383
>2**
Age at menopause ¹
≥ 50 years	0.94	0.66-1.33	0.714	1.00	0.70-1.45	0.962
< 50 years**
Time since menopause ¹
> 15 years	0.97	0.58-1.63	0.921	0.91	0.54-1.53	0.772
≤ 15 years**
Duration of fertility ¹
> 35.0 years	0.84	0.59-1.20	0.339	0.87	0.61-1.25	0.449
≤ 35.0 years**
Current use of HRT
Yes	0.78	0.49-1.24	0.294	0.79	0.49-1.26	0.316
No**
Ever use of HRT
Yes	0.60	0.44-0.81	0.001	0.62	0.45-0.86	0.003
No**
Ever use of OC
Yes	1.25	0.89-1.78	0.203	1.34	0.93-1.90	0.125
No**
Hysterectomy
Yes	0.84	0.61-1.16	0.285	0.83	0.60-1.16	0.284
No**
Bilateral oophorectomy
Yes	0.68	0.37-1.26	0.221	0.65	0.35-1.22	0.178
No**
Hot flashes
Yes	0.93	0.67-1.30	0.664	0.90	0.64-1.26	0.535
No**
Depressed mood
Yes	1.16	0.84-1.60	0.367	1.15	0.83-1.59	0.396
No**

Logistic regression analyses.
Abbreviations: HRT: Hormone replacement therapy, OC: oral contraceptives
**reference group.
Multivariable-adjusted: Age, BMI, education, family status, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, total cholesterol, triglycerides and fasting blood glucose.
¹n = 602, due to missing values of age at menopause.

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