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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2011 Apr 6;35(5):e25–e31. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.01.009

Table 3.

Association between childhood GCT and parental infertility and infertility treatment (Females only)

Controls
n (%)
Cases
n (%)
ORa 95% CI p-value Gonadal
n (%)
ORa 95% CI p-value Non-
gonadal
n (%)
ORa 95% CI p-value
Prior fetal loss
    None 185 (76.8) 157 (80.5) Ref 80 (82.5) Ref 69 (77.5) Ref
    One 48 (19.9) 23 (11.8) 0.59 0.34–1.03 0.07 12 (12.4) 0.48 0.22–1.02 0.06 10 (11.2) 0.61 0.28–1.36 0.23
    Two or more 8 (3.3) 15 (7.7) 2.12 0.84–5.36 0.11 5 (5.2) 0.77 0.21–2.87 0.70 10 (11.2) 3.32 1.12–9.88 0.03
History of multiple birth prior to index
    None 235 (97.5) 187 (95.9) Ref 93 (95.9) Ref 86 (96.6) Ref
    At least one multiple birth 6 (2.5) 8 (4.1) 1.65 0.53–5.15 0.39 4 (4.1) 1.55 0.36–6.61 0.56 3 (3.4) c
Maternal age
    < 27 119 (49.4) 90 (46.2) 0.67 0.43–1.05 0.08 44 (45.4) 0.52 0.28–0.96 0.04 41 (46.1) 0.87 0.48–1.58 0.64
    27–34 97 (40.2) 88 (45.1) Ref 46 (47.4) Ref 39 (43.8) Ref
    ≥35 25 (10.4) 17 (8.7) 0.79 0.39–1.61 0.52 7 (7.2) 0.63 0.22–1.76 0.38 9 (10.1) 0.87 0.35–2.20 0.77
Use of OSd drugs (prior to or before knowledge of pregnancy)
    No 234 (97.9) 191 (97.9) Ref 93 (95.9) Ref 89 (100.0) Ref
    Yes 5 (2.1) 4 (2.1) 0.99 0.25–3.94 0.99 4 (4.1) 1.79 0.42–7.66 0.43 0 (0.0) c
No pregnancy after a year or more of trying
    No 184 (76.3) 155 (79.5) Ref 76 (78.4) Ref 70 (78.7) Ref
    Yes 57 (23.7) 40 (20.5) 0.85 0.53–1.37 0.50 21 (21.6) 1.02 0.53–1.95 0.95 19 (21.3) 0.86 0.45–1.64 0.65
Time to index pregnancy
    Not trying 119 (49.4) 94 (48.5) 0.75 0.48–1.20 0.23 50 (51.5) 0.88 0.48–1.62 0.68 40 (45.5) 0.71 0.37–1.33 0.28
    < 1 year of trying 95 (39.4) 82 (42.3) Ref 37 (38.1) Ref 40 (45.5) Ref
    ≥ 1 year of trying 27 (11.2) 18 (9.3) 0.77 0.39–1.53 0.46 10 (10.3) 1.21 0.48–3.03 0.69 8 (9.1) 0.67 0.27–1.70 0.40
Latent class infertilityb (with maternal age)
    No 222 (92.1) 177 (90.8) Ref 88 (90.7) Ref 80 (89.9) Ref
    Yes 19 (7.9) 18 (9.2) 1.23 0.57–2.62 0.60 9 (9.3) 1.52 0.55–4.25 0.42 9 (10.1) 1.19 0.45–3.19 0.71
Latent class infertilityb (without maternal age)
    No 235 (97.5) 185 (94.9) Ref 92 (94.8) Ref 84 (94.4) Ref
    Yes 6 (2.5) 10 (5.1) 2.35 0.80–6.92 0.12 5 (5.2) 1.75 0.47–6.52 0.41 5 (5.6) 3.06 0.77–12.10 0.11
a

Logistic regression models were adjusted for child’s age, sex, and gestational age as well as maternal age, race, education, and household income

b

Infertility predicted from the latent class model

c

Sample size too small for logistic regression analysis

d

Ovarian stimulating