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

Table 4.

Maternal smoking by tobacco consumption burden, leukemia cases, and control mothers, children <2 year, Brazil, 1999–2007.

Timing of exposure/smoking burden 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)
PRECONCEPTIONb
Non-smokers 304 (71.9) 137 (71.0) 47 (79.7) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate smokers 109 (25.7) 45 (23.3) 11 (18.6) 0.92 (0.61–1.37) 0.93 (0.59–1.45) 0.65 (0.33–1.30) 0.59 (0.27–1.28)
Heavy smokers 10 (2.4) 11 (5.7) 1 (1.7) 2.44 (1.01–5.88) 2.52 (0.95–6.72) 0.65 (0.81–5.17) 0.80 (0.93–6.90)
FIRST TRIMESTER
Non-smokers 354 (83.7) 154 (79.8) 53 (89.8) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate smokers 65 (15.4) 33 (17.1) 5 (8.5) 1.17 (0.74–1.85) 1.10 (0.65–1.82) 0.51 (0.20–1.33) 0.44 (0.15–1.31)
Heavy smokers 4 (0.9) 6 (3.1) 1 (1.7) 3.45 (0.96–12.39) 3.35 (0.75–15.0) 1.67 (0.18–15.23) 2.70 (0.27–26.5)
SECOND TRIMESTER
Non-smokers 356 (84.2) 164 (85.0) 54 (91.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate smokers 65 (15.4) 23 (11.9) 4 (6.8) 0.77 (0.46–1.28) 0.47 (0.02–0.92) 0.41 (0.14–1.16) 0.17 (0.01–2,14)
Heavy smokers 2 (0.4) 6 (3.1) 1 (1.7) 6.51 (1.30–32.0) 6.82 (1.09–4.30) 3.30 (0.30–37.0) 5.97 (0.47–76.0)
THIRD TRIMESTER
Non-smokers 357 (84.4) 165 (85.5) 54 (91.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate smokers 64 (15.2) 22 (11.4) 4 (6.8) 0.74 (0.44–1.25) 0.96 (0.54–1.69) 0.41 (0.14–1.16) 0.43 (0.10–1.18)
Heavy smokers 2 (0.4) 6 (3.1) 1 (1.7) 6.49 (1.30–32.0) 6.81 (1.09–42.7) 3.30 (0.30–37.0) 6.03 (0.47–77.0)
BREASTFEEDINGc
No smokers 357 (84.4) 164 (85.0) 55 (93.2) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Moderate smokers 64 (15.2) 22 (11.4) 3 (5.1) 0.75 (0.45–1.26) 0.94 (0.53–1.66) 0.30 (0.09–1.00) 0.37 (0.11–1.28)
Heavy smokers 2 (0.4) 7 (3.6) 1 (1.7) 7.62 (1.57–32.0) 7.78 (1.33–45.5) 3.25 (0.29–36.4) 6.05 (0.47–77.0)

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.