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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2011 Mar 3;95(6):1922–1927.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.002

Table 3.

Multivariable Hazard Ratio of Fertility among Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer Who Were Not Surgically Sterile

HR* 95% CI p-value
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00
 Hispanic 1.00 0.70, 1.43 0.995
 Non-Hispanic Black 2.81 2.01, 3.93 <0.001
 Other 1.04 0.66, 1.65 0.857
Smoking Status
 Never smoked 1.00
 Current smoker 1.61 1.33, 1.95 <0.001
 Former smoker 1.15 0.93, 1.42 0.187
Marital Status
 Never married 1.00
 Currently married 5.98 4.83, 7.41 <0.001
 Formerly married 3.70 2.76, 4.97 <0.001
Education
 High school/GED 1.00
 No High school/GED 1.38 1.02, 1.86 0.037
 Some college 0.87 0.71, 1.06 0.164
 Bachelor or higher 0.48 0.39, 0.60 <0.001
Age at diagnosis (years)
 0 – 4 1.00
 5–9 0.76 0.60, 0.97 0.028
 10–14 0.83 0.66, 1.05 0.114
 15–19 0.63 0.47, 0.84 0.002
 20 0.96 0.55, 1.68 0.896
Hypothalamic/pituitary Radiation Dose
 0 1.00
 > 0 to < 1500 cGy 0.88 0.71, 1.10 0.261
 ≥ 1500 to < 2200 cGy 1.04 0.79, 1.36 0.793
 ≥ 2200 to < 2700 cGy 0.67 0.53, 0.84 0.001
 ≥ 2700 cGy 0.65 0.46, 0.92 0.014
Actinomycin D
 No 1.00
 Yes 1.18 0.96, 1.44 0.112
VP-16
 No 1.00
 Yes 1.54 1.06, 2.24 0.023