title: Antropologic factors in prediction of ovary cancer.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine a combination of anthropometric variables that would enable better differentiation between benign and malignant ovarian masses. Prospective study has been performed in a two year period in which 208 women with ovarian lesions were analyzed and correlated with histopathologic surgical findings. We examined the relation between self-reported anthropometric and other variables (height, weight, body mass index--BMI, parity, marital status, education, age, rural versus urban residence, menopausal status) and incidence of ovarian cancer. Age, parity, marital status and menopausal status individually showed statistical significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology, University Hospital "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Hrvojka Soljacić
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Vranes
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klarić
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vranes
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grubisić
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gorajscan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors