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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Mar 20;60(1):77–81. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24141

Table II.

Gestational factors in relation to rhabdoid tumors

Control All cases (n=105) Rhabdoid sarcomasa (n=61) AT/RT (n=44)
n (%) n (%) Adjusted OR
(95% CI) b
n (%) Adjusted OR
(95% CI) b
n (%) Adjusted OR (95%
CI) b
Birthweight
 <2500g 12171 (5.9) 14 (13.3) 2.68 (1.51, 4.75) 7 (11.5) 2.43 (1.09, 5.41) 7 (15.9) 2.99 (1.31, 6.84)
 2500-3999g 173415 (83.4) 78 (74.3) Referent 48 (78.7) Referent 30 (68.2) Referent
 4000g+ 22397 (10.8) 13 (12.4) 1.41 (0.78, 2.54) 6 (9.8) 1.09 (0.46, 2.57) 7 (15.9) 1.93 (0.85, 4.43)
Gestational age
 Preterm (<37 weeks) 20240 (10.3) 20 (20.4) 2.32 (1.40, 3.87) 12 (21.1) 2.63 (1.34, 5.17) 8 (19.5) 1.97 (0.90, 4.27)
 Term (37-42 weeks) 168708 (85.6) 72 (73.5) Referent 39 (68.4) Referent 33 (80.5) Referent
 Postterm (43+ weeks) 8141 (4.1) 6 (6.1) 2.19 (0.95, 5.06) 6 (10.5) 3.66 (1.54, 8.71) 0 (0) -------
Size for gestational age c
 Small 20645 (10.3) 10 (10.2) 1.08 (0.57, 2.03) 6 (10.5) 0.84 (0.33, 2.11) 4 (9.8) 1.46 (0.61, 3.50)
 Normal 156189 (78.2) 76 (77.6) Referent 45 (78.9) Referent 31 (75.6) Referent
 Large 22908 (11.5) 12 (12.2) 1.05 (0.54, 2.03) 6 (10.5) 1.08 (0.46, 2.54) 6 (14.6) 1.00 (0.35, 2.85)
Method of delivery
 Vaginal 158789 (76.3) 73 (69.5) Referent 44 (72.1) Referent 29 (65.9) Referent
 Cesarean 49259 (23.7) 32 (30.5) 1.25 (0.81, 1.92) 17 (27.9) 1.28 (0.71, 2.29) 15 (34.1) 1.19 (0.63, 2.23)
Multiple birth
 Singleton 203010 (97.5) 96 (91.4) Referent 57 (93.4) Referent 39 (88.6) Referent
 Twins or more 5167 (2.5) 9 (8.6) 3.25 (1.63, 6.49) 4 (6.6) 3.08 (1.11, 8.55) 5 (11.4) 3.16 (1.23, 8.13)
Start of prenatal care
 1st trimester 164462 (80.0) 89 (85.6) Referent 50 (83.3) Referent 39 (88.6) Referent
 No care or after 1st
 trimester
41029 (20.0) 15 (14.4) 1.02 (0.57, 1.83) 10 (16.7) 0.90 (0.43, 1.89) 5 (11.4) 1.13 (0.44, 2.94)
Parity
 0 81857 (39.3) 43 (41.0) Referent 23 (37.7) Referent 20 (45.5) Referent
 1 65078 (31.3) 32 (30.5) 0.90 (0.56, 1.45) 21 (34.4) 1.18 (0.63, 2.22) 11 (25.0) 0.63 (0.30, 1.32)
 2 or more 61103 (29.4) 30 (28.6) 0.96 (0.57, 1.60) 17 (27.9) 1.04 (0.51, 2.13) 13 (29.5) 0.90 (0.43, 1.90)
a

Rhabdoid sarcomas include renal tumors and extra-renal non-CNS tumors.

b

Odds ratios adjust for maternal age, maternal race/ethnicity, year of birth, and method of payment for prenatal care.

c

Size for gestational age was defined as small if birth weight was less than the 10th percentile and defined as large if greater than the 90th percentile of the birthweight standards for a given gestational age.