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Women aged 40 years or older who underwent NHIS health screening in 2009 and had reproductive, clinical, and other data were included and followed up until ovarian cancer diagnosis, death, or December 31, 2022. Data were analyzed in March 2025.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Age at menarche, parity, breastfeeding duration, oral contraceptive use, age at menopause, total reproductive span, and hormone replacement therapy use.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n \n Incident ovarian cancer identified from NHIS claims with\n International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision<\/jats:italic>\n codes C56, C57, and C48 and confirmed through the Rare\/Intractable Disease Registry (code V193). Cox proportional hazards regression models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 2\u202f285\u202f774 women (932\u202f637 [40.8%] premenopausal, 1\u202f353\u202f137 [59.2%] postmenopausal; mean [SD] age, 54.9 [10.85] years) were included in the final analytic cohort. The mean (SD) follow-up duration overall was 10.7 (2.99) years, and 10\u202f729 ovarian cancer cases were identified during follow-up. Early menarche (aged \u226412 vs &amp;gt;16 years) was associated with higher ovarian cancer risk in both premenopausal women (HR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.16-1.61) and postmenopausal women (HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.00-1.54). Parity of 2 or more births was associated with lower risk in both groups (HR, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.58-0.79] and 0.71 [95% CI, 0.60-0.85]). Breastfeeding for 12 months or longer and oral contraceptive use for 1 year or longer were associated with lower risk in premenopausal women but not postmenopausal women (HR, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.77-0.96] and 0.75 [95% CI, 0.61-0.93]). Among postmenopausal women, later menopause (at age \u226555 years; HR, 1.36 [95% CI, 1.11-1.66]), longer reproductive span (\u226540 years; HR, 1.21 [95% CI, 1.09-1.34]), and hormone replacement therapy use for 2 to 5 years (HR, 1.20 [95% CI, 1.07-1.34]) were associated with higher risk. Parity-related risk reduction was attenuated in the 1960s birth cohort (HR, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.52-2.19;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n for interaction\u2009=\u2009.36).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This cohort study found that reproductive factors were associated with ovarian cancer risk, with distinct patterns across menopausal status and birth cohorts. 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