High birth weight as an important risk factor for infant leukemia

In this paper, we compared the birth weight distribution among 201 infant leukaemia (IL) cases with that of 440 noncancer controls enrolled in Brazil in 1999–2005. Compared with the general population and the stratum 2500–2999 g as reference, IL cases weighing 3000–3999 g presented an odds ratio (OR...

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Published in:British journal of cancer 2008-02, Vol.98 (3), p.664-667
Main Authors: Koifman, S, Pombo-de-Oliveira, M S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Birth Weight
Cancer Research
Drug Resistance
Epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leukemia - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Molecular Medicine
Odds Ratio
Oncology
Risk Factors
Tumors
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Summary:In this paper, we compared the birth weight distribution among 201 infant leukaemia (IL) cases with that of 440 noncancer controls enrolled in Brazil in 1999–2005. Compared with the general population and the stratum 2500–2999 g as reference, IL cases weighing 3000–3999 g presented an odds ratio (OR) of 1.68 (95% CI: 1.03–2.76), and those of 4000 g or more, an OR of 2.28 (95% CI: 1.08–4.75), P trend
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604202