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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2008 May;122(10):2315–2321. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23301

Table 4.

Maternal reproductive history and neuroblastoma

Controls n = 1681 Neuroblastoma
All neuroblastoma MYCN non-amplified MYCN amplified
n = 191 OR1 95% CI2 n = 144 OR 95% CI n = 35 OR 95% CI
Any fetal losses
 No 1031 129 1.0 reference 101 1.0 reference 20 1.0 reference
 Yes 650 62 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 43 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 15 1.3 (0.6–2.6)
  1 403 44 1.0 (0.7–1.5) 30 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 10 1.4 (0.6–3.1)
  2+ 247 18 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 13 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 5 1.1 (0.4–3.2)
Spontaneous abortions
 No 1239 160 1.0 reference 124 1.0 reference 26 1.0 reference
 Yes 442 31 0.6 (0.4–0.9) 20 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 9 1.0 (0.5–2.2)
  1 303 24 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 16 0.6 (0.3–1.1) 6 1.0 (0.4–2.6)
  2+ 138 7 0.4 (0.2–0.9) 4 0.3 (0.1–0.8) 3 1.0 (0.3–3.4)
Abortions
 No 1429 158 1.0 reference 119 1.0 reference 29 1.0 reference
 Yes 252 33 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 25 1.4 (0.9–2.4) 6 1.3 (0.5–3.3)
  1 209 27 1.3 (0.8–2.2) 19 1.3 (0.7–2.2) 6 1.6 (0.6–3.9)
  2+ 43 6 1.7 (0.7–4.5) 6 2.4 (0.9–6.4) 0 - -
Termination of pregnancy
 No 1594 185 1.0 reference 140 1.0 reference 33 1.0 reference
 Yes 87 6 0.7 (0.3–1.7) 4 0.6 (0.2–1.9) 2 1.3 (0.3–5.6)
  For malformations 14 2 1.1 (0.2–5.6) 1 0.8 (0.1–6.4) 1 3.3 (0.4–30)
  Other 73 4 0.6 (0.2–1.7) 3 0.6 (0.2–2.1) 1 0.8 (0.1–6.0)
Use of fertility treatments (index child)
 No 1599 182 1.0 reference 139 1.0 reference 32 1.0 reference
 Yes 82 9 0.9 (0.4–2.0) 5 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 3 1.6 (0.5–5.6)
  Stimulation only 41 5 1.0 (0.4–2.9) 3 0.8 (0.2–2.8) 2 2.6 (0.6–12)
  In vitro fertilization 22 3 1.3 (0.4–4.6) 1 0.6 (0.1–4.4) 1 1.8 (0.2–15)
  Artificial insemination 22 2 0.8 (0.2–3.9) 1 0.5 (0.1–4.2) 0 - -
1

Odds ratios adjusted for age and gender;

2

95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval