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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2011 Apr 6;35(5):e25–e31. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.01.009

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics

Overall Males Females
Controls
n (%)
Cases
n (%)
Controls
n (%)
Cases
n (%)
Controls
n (%)
Cases
n (%)
Mother’s race
    White 356 (84.4) 213 (76.9) 152 (84.0) 70 (84.3) 203 (84.6) 143 (73.7)
    Non-white 66 (15.6) 64 (23.1) 29 (16.0) 13 (15.7) 37 (15.4) 51 (26.3)
Mother’s education
    ≤ High school 166 (39.3) 138 (49.8) 66 (36.6) 39 (47.0) 100 (41.7) 99 (51.0)
    Some post HS 97 (23.0) 53 (19.1) 40 (22.1) 16 (19.3) 57 (23.8) 37 (19.1)
    College graduate 159 (37.7) 86 (31.0) 75 (41.4) 28 (33.7) 83 (34.6) 58 (29.9)
Household income
    ≤ $30,000 192 (45.9) 145 (52.9) 81 (44.8) 40 (50.0) 111 (47.0) 105 (54.1)
    $30,001–$50,000 124 (29.7) 63 (23.0) 53 (29.3) 21 (26.3) 70 (29.7) 42 (21.6)
    > $50,000 102 (24.4) 66 (24.1) 47 (26.0) 19 (23.8) 55 (23.3) 47 (24.2)
Index child’s gestational age
    < 37 weeks 44 (10.4) 35 (12.6) 16 (8.8) 10 (12.0) 27 (11.2) 25 (12.8)
    37–41 weeks 343 (81.1) 220 (79.1) 150 (82.9) 67 (80.7) 193 (80.1) 153 (78.5)
    ≥ 42 weeks 36 (8.5) 23 (8.3) 15 (8.3) 6 (7.2) 21 (8.7) 17 (8.7)
Index child’s birth weight Mean (SD) 3373.72 (590.31) 3354.27 (680.58) 3462.77 (607.81) 3499.00 (644.45) 3309.19 (569.33) 3292.67 (687.78)
Index child’s gender
    Male 181 (42.9) 83 (29.9)
    Female 241 (57.1) 195 (70.1)
Index child’s age at diagnosis
    <1 years 57 (20.5) 22 (26.5) 35 (17.9)
    1–4 years 91 (32.7) 42 (50.6) 49 (25.1)
    5–9 years 41 (14.7) 4 (4.8) 37 (19.0)
    10–15 years 89 (32.0) 15 (18.1) 74 (37.9)
Type of tumor
    Gonadal 144 (53.1) 47 (58.0) 97 (51.1)
    Non-gonadal 120 (44.3) 31 (38.3) 89 (46.8)
    Metastatic 7 (2.6) 3 (3.7) 4 (2.1)