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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Jun 1;115(11):2562–2570. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24294

Table 2.

Risk of Abnormal Timing of Menarche in Survivors of CNS Tumors : Multivariate Model

Odds Ratio 95% CI
Early Menarche
RT Dose H-P Axis
1 - 40 Gy 2.58 0.48-11.96
40.01 - 50 Gy 1.86 0.48-7.17
>50 Gy 3.69 * 1.07-13.74
No RT (referent) 1.00 -
Age at Diagnosis
≤4 years 3.96 * 1.48-11.92
5-9 years (referent) 1.00 -
Late Menarche
RT to H-P Axis +/- Spine RT
H-P axis ≤ 50 Gy, no spine RT 1.84 0.21-16.07
H-P axis ≤ 50 Gy, plus spine RT 4.73 0.86-36.0
H-P axis > 50 Gy, no spine RT 6.90 * 1.46-49.57
H-P axis >50 Gy, plus spine RT 12.40 * 2.66-89.64
No RT (referent) 1.00 -
Age at Diagnosis
10-20 years 2.39 0.90-6.45
0-9 years (referent) 1.00
*

= value is statistically significant (p<.05)

RT = Radiation Therapy, H-P Axis = Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis, Gy = Grey, CI = Confidence Interval