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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Oct;163(10):887–894. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.111

Table 2.

Prenatal characteristics of male survivors and their partners at time of first subsequent offspring versus a comparison group.1

Cohort, N (%)
Characteristic Cancer survivors (n=470) Comparison group (n=4150)
Father's race/ethnicity
    White 398 (84.5) 3502 (86.9)
    African American 49 (10.8) 448 (11.1)
    Asian 2 (0.4) 19 (0.5)
    Native American 2 (0.4) 16 (0.4)
    Other 4 (0.9) 45 (1.1)
Mother's race/ethnicity
    White 399 (86.7) 3532 (86.6)
    African American 50 (10.9) 413 (10.1)
    Asian 4 (0.9) 43 (1.1)
    Native American 3 (0.7) 34 (0.8)
    Other 4 (0.9) 57 (1.4)
Father's age at delivery, years
    <20 36 (7.7) 363 (8.8)
    20−24 187 (39.8) 1764 (42.5)
    25−29 169 (36.0) 1453 (35.0)
    30−34 61 (13.0) 461 (11.1)
    35−39 16 (3.4) 94 (2.3)
    ≥40 1 (0.2) 15 (0.4)
Mother's age at delivery, years
    <20 97 (20.6) 783 (18.9)
    20−24 176 (37.4) 1804 (43.5)
    25−29 129 (27.4) 1042 (25.1)
    30−34 59 (12.6) 412 (9.9)
    35−39 8 (1.7) 97 (2.3)
    ≥40 1 (0.2) 11 (0.27)
Year of delivery
    1973−1979 9 (1.9) 90 (2.2)
    1980−1989 109 (23.2) 1046 (25.2)
    1990−1999 326 (69.4) 2801 (67.5)
    2000−2001 26 (5.5) 213 (5.1)
Unmarried at time of delivery, mother2 92 (25.1) 739 (20.0)
Prenatal smoker, mother3 64 (16.8) 480 (14.5)
No. prior pregnancies, mother
    0 293 (64.0) 1692 (41.6)
    1 96 (21.0) 1239 (30.5)
    ≥2 69 (15.1) 1135 (27.9)
No. prior births, mother
    0 347 (75.8) 2004 (49.3)
    1 78 (17.0) 1291 (31.7)
    ≥2 33 (7.2) 772 (19.0)
Month prenatal care began, mother
    1st trimester 385 (84.3) 3294 (81.8)
    2nd trimester 51 (11.2) 601 (14.9)
    3rd trimester or no care 21 (4.6) 133 (3.3)
1

Numbers may not add up to totals because of missing data.

2

Data unavailable in Michigan.

3

Not available for all years.