Table 2.

Participation in hobbies, adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for fathers of children diagnosed with medulloblastoma or PNET in the first 6 years of life and random digit dial controls; Children’s Cancer Group, 1991-1997.

		Cases (n = 283)		Controls (n = 262)
Hobby		N	%	N	%	Adjusted ORa	95% CI
Stripping paint	pregnancy	40	14	26	10	1.4	0.8, 2.6
	after birth	38	14	21	8	1.3	0.7, 2.6
Car repair	pregnancy	131	47	122	47	1.0	0.6, 1.4
	after birth	121	45	117	47	0.9	0.6, 1.4
Home repair	pregnancy	84	30	89	34	0.8	0.5, 1.2
	after birth	76	28	86	34	0.7	0.5, 1.1
Painting	pregnancy	109	39	82	32	1.2	0.8, 1.8
	after birth	96	35	92	37	0.8	0.5, 1.2
Lawn care	pregnancy	105	37	67	26	1.6	1.0, 2.4
	after birth	111	41	70	28	1.7	1.1, 2.6
Power tools	pregnancy	39	14	41	16	0.9	0.5, 1.5
	after birth	38	14	40	16	0.8	0.4, 1.4
Hunting	pregnancy	71	25	61	24	1.3	0.8, 2.0
	after birth	68	25	54	21	1.4	0.9, 2.3

^aAdjusted for father’s race, geographic location, date of father’s interview, child’s age at interview, whether a proxy interview was conducted, the child’s gender, father’s smoking status and the child’s birth season.