SharePoint Audit Trimming

Hi All,
i had a very huge AuditData table in my Content Database. There were more than 100 M records. I had deleted those. And disable all type of Loggin by setting in Configure Audit Settings in Site Collection.
But if i check in AuditData in Content Database it's still increasing in negligible manner. My question is if i am not enable loging why the records in AuditData are increasing.
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The only time audit records are recorded is if the audit log is enabled on one or more site collections.
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