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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):879–886. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.112

Table 4.

Pregnancy outcomes associated with first subsequent birth among childhood cancer and adolescent cervical/genital cancer cases versus a comparison group.1

Cohort, N (%) Relative Risk (95% CI)2

Outcome Childhood
cancer
(n=892)
Cervical/
genital cancer
(n=1006)
Comparison
(n=14278)
Childhood
cancer
Cervical/
genital cancer
Maternal conditions
Any C-section3 163 (21.5) 154 (17.2) 2212 (17.1) 1.15 (0.99-1.33) 0.97 (0.83-1.13)
Primary C-section4 145 (21.8) 110 (20.8) 1216 (18.5) 1.14 (0.97-1.33) 1.11 (0.92-1.32)
Diabetes3 11 (1.6) 13 (1.5) 174 (1.4) 1.02 (0.53-1.95) 0.86 (0.49-1.53)
Preeclampsia3 37 (5.4) 34 (3.9) 452 (3.7) 1.01 (0.73-1.42) 0.99 (0.70-1.41)
Anemia3 18 (2.7) 12 (1.4) 269 (2.3) 1.30 (0.81-2.08) 0.65 (0.36-1.17)
Infant outcomes
Female gender 444 (49.8) 507 (50.4) 7058 (49.4) referent referent
Male gender 448 (50.2) 499 (49.6) 7220 (50.6) 1.00 (0.93-1.07) 0.97 (0.90-1.03)
Gestational age (weeks)
<37 130 (14.9) 145 (14.8) 1423 (10.3) 1.54 (1.30-1.83) 1.33 (1.13-1.56)
37-41 677 (77.4) 747 (76.2) 11088 (79.9 referent referent
≥42 68 (7.8) 89 (9.1) 1371 (9.9) 0.86 (0.68-1.08) 0.91 (0.74-1.11)
Birth weight (grams)5
<2500 103 (11.6) 122 (12.2) 1081 (7.6) 1.31 (1.10-1.57) 1.29 (1.10-1.53)
2500-3999 708 (79.5) 813 (81.1) 11917 (83.6) referent referent
≥4000 80 (9.0) 68 (6.8) 1256 (8.8) 1.18 (0.94-1.48) 0.89 (0.70-1.14)
Small for gestational age6 96 (11.1) 149 (15.3) 1549 (11.3) 0.87 (0.67-1.12) 1.09 (0.90-1.33)
Malformation3 10 (1.3) 14 (1.6) 220 (1.7) 0.92 (0.48-1.75) 1.16 (0.66-2.04)
5-min Apgar <77 13 (2.4) 15 (3.3) 172 (1.7) 1.30 (0.72-2.35) 2.01 (1.15-3.50)
Infant death8 7 (1.0) 6 (0.7) 93 (0.9) 1.08 (0.47-2.48) 0.83 (0.36-1.89)
1

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

2

Adjusted for state, maternal age, year of delivery, race/ethnicity, and parity.

3

Not available all years.

4

Among 679 childhood cancer cohort members, 539 genital tract cases, and 6804 comparison women without prior deliveries.

5

Also adjusted by gestational length (<32, 32-36, 37-41, ≥42 weeks).

6

Also adjusted for maternal prenatal smoking.

7

Not available all years, unavailable in Michigan.

8

Not available all years, unavailable in Georgia.