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. 2011 Sep;128(3):e652–e657. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-3637

TABLE 2.

Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Prior Pregnancy Losses: Risk for Childhood CNS Tumors for Any Gestational Age and at ≤20 Weeks' Gestation

All Cases LGG HGG MB PNET GCT Ependymoma
Losses, n 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Prior pregnancy loss at any gestational age
    Univariate
        1 prior loss 1.04 (0.93–1.16) 0.98 (0.82–1.18) 1.12 (0.88–1.42) 0.97 (0.71–1.31) 1.24 (0.91–1.69) 0.84 (0.52–1.37) 1.25 (0.87–1.80)
        ≥2 prior losses 1.00 (0.84–1.19) 0.81 (0.60–1.11) 1.33 (0.93–1.90) 0.93 (0.57–1.51) 0.98 (0.56–1.71) 0.75 (0.31–1.82) 1.56 (0.91–2.68)
    Multivariatea
        1 prior loss 1.03 (0.92–1.15) 1.00 (0.83–1.20) 1.04 (0.84–1.33) 1.07 (0.78–1.47) 1.17 (0.84–1.61) 0.79 (0.47–1.33) 1.21 (0.82–1.78)
        ≥2 prior losses 1.01 (0.84–1.22) 0.78 (0.56–1.08) 1.22 (0.84–1.77) 0.98 (0.59–1.62) 0.91 (0.51–1.62) 0.78 (0.28–2.16) 1.60 (0.90–2.83)
Prior pregnancy loss at ≤20 wk' gestation
    Univariate
        1 prior loss 1.04 (0.94–1.17) 1.00 (0.83–1.20) 1.12 (0.88–1.42) 1.02 (0.75–1.40) 1.13 (0.82–1.56) 0.89 (0.55–1.44) 1.23 (0.85–1.80)
        ≥2 prior losses 0.98 (0.81–1.18) 0.84 (0.60–1.16) 1.14 (0.78–1.68) 0.96 (0.59–1.55) 1.01 (0.57–1.81) 0.64 (0.25–1.68) 1.65 (0.96–2.84)
    Multivariatea
        1 prior loss 1.04 (0.92–1.16) 1.02 (0.84–1.23) 1.03 (0.80–1.33) 1.14 (0.83–1.58) 1.05 (0.75–1.47) 0.82 (0.49–1.39) 1.20 (0.81–1.79)
        ≥2 prior losses 0.94 (0.77–1.13) 0.75 (0.53–1.06) 1.07 (0.72–1.60) 1.00 (0.61–1.65) 0.99 (0.55–1.79) 0.79 (0.29–2.18) 1.59 (0.88–2.85)

Unadjusted and adjusted OR (95% CI).

a

Adjusted for birth weight, birth order, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and maternal age.