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. 2012 Nov 9;2:151. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00151

Table 2.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy according to offspring age strata, leukemia cases, and control mothers, children <2 year, Brazil, 1999–2007.

Tobacco smoking at pregnancy/child age Controls (n = 423), n (%) ALL (n = 193), n (%) AML (n = 59), n (%) ALL
AML
OR
(95% CI)
OR Adjusteda
(95% CI)
OR
(95% CI)
OR Adjusteda
(95% CI)
MATERNAL SMOKING
0–11 Months
 No 196 (76.9) 72 (81.8) 23 (82.1) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 59 (23.1) 16 (18.2) 5 (17.9) 0.74 (0.40–1.37) 0.65 (0.31–1.38) 0.72 (0.26–1.98) 0.41 (0.11–1.59)
12–23 Months
 No 140 (83.3) 84 (80.0) 29 (93.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 28 (16.7) 21 (20.0) 2 (6.5) 1.25 (0.67–2.34) 1.38 (0.65–2.93) 0.35 (0.08–1.53) 0.46 (0.10–2.24)
TIME WINDOW
Preconceptionb
0–11 Months
 No 176 (69.0) 59 (67.0) 20 (71.4) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 79 (31.0) 29 (33.0) 8 (28.6) 0.89 (0.38–2.11) 1.23 (0.68–2.22) 1.10 (0.65–1.84) 0.82 (0.30–2.25)
12–23 Months
 No 128 (76.2) 79 (75.2) 27 (87.1) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 40 (23.8) 26 (24.8) 4 (12.9) 1.05 (0.60–1.86) 0.98 (0.50–1.92) 0.47 (0.16–1.44) 0.42 (0.13–1.39)
First trimester
0–11 Months
 No 209 (82.0) 71 (80.7) 24 (85.7) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 46 (18.0) 17 (19.3) 4 (14.3) 1.09 (0.59–2.02) 1.03 (0.49–2.18) 0.76 (0.25–2.29) 0.62 (0.16–2.34)
12–23 Months
 No 145 (86.3) 84 (80.0) 29 (93.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 23 (13.7) 21 (20.0) 2 (6.5) 1.58 (0.82–3.02) 1.61 (0.74–3.51) 0.44 (0.10–1.95) 0.41 (0.08–2.09)
Second trimester
0–11 Months
 No 210 (82.4) 76 (86.4) 25 (89.3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 45 (17.6) 12 (13.6) 3 (10.7) 0.74 (0.37–1.47) 0.93 (0.43–2.02) 0.56 (0.16–1.94) 0.38 (0.08–1.83)
12–23 Months
 No 146 (86.9) 89 (84.8) 29 (93.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 22 (13.1) 16 (15.2) 2 (6.5) 1.19 (0.60–2.39) 1.37 (0.61–3.07) 0.46 (0.10–2.05) 0.44 (0.09–2.29)
Third trimester
0–11 Months
 No 211 (82.7) 76 (86.4) 25 (89.3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 44 (17.3) 12 (13.6) 3 (10.7) 0.76 (0.38–1.51) 0.97 (0.45–2.11) 0.58 (0.17–1.99) 0.40 (0.08–1.91)
12–23 Months
 No 146 (86.9) 89 (84.8) 29 (93.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 22 (13.1) 16 (15.2) 2 (6.5) 1.19 (0.60–2.39) 1.50 (0.66–3.41) 0.46 (0.10–2.05) 0.49 (0.09–2.57)
Breastfeedingc
0–11 Months
 No 209 (82.0) 77 (87.5) 26 (92.9) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 46 (18.0) 11 (12.5) 2 (7.1) 0.65 (0.32–1.32) 0.90 (0.42–1.96) 0.35 (0.08–1.53) 0.39 (0.08–1.89)
12–23 Months
 No 148 (88.1) 88 (83.8) 29 (93.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Yes 20 (11.9) 17 (16.2) 2 (6.5) 1.43 (0.71–2.87) 1.86 (0.83–4.20) 0.51 (0.11–2.03) 0.69 (0.14–3.53)

aAdjusted OR by maternal age at birth, maternal education, oral contraceptives use during pregnancy, birth weight, and infant skin color.

bThree months before pregnancy.

cThree months after birth.