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. 2012 Oct 22;121(2):269–275. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103942

Table 1.

Distribution [n (%)] of selected sociodemographic variables; leukemia cases and controls, children < 2 years of age, Brazil, 1999–2007.

Characteristic Cases (n = 252) Controls (n = 423) p-Value
Sex
Male 130 (51.6) 226 (53.4) 0.643
Female 122 (48.4) 197 (46.6)
Missing 0 0
Birth weight
< 4,000 g 234 (92.9) 393 (93.0) 0.470
≥ 4,000 g 16 (6.3) 21 (5.0)
Missing 2 (0.8) 9 (2.0)
Child’s skin color
White 170 (67.5) 153 (36.2) < 0.001
Nonwhite 77 (30.5) 256 (60.5)
Missing 5 (2.0) 14 (3.3)
Place of birth
Northeast 52 (20.6) 101 (24.1) 0.552
Midwest 18 (7.1) 31 (7.3)
Southeast 155 (61.5) 237 (56.0)
South 27 (10.7) 54 (12.6)
Missing 0 0
Maternal age (years)a
< 18 8 (3.2) 60 (14.1) < 0.001
18–24 91 (36.1) 182 (42.9)
25–34 117 (46.4) 145 (34.2)
> 35 36 (14.3) 36 (8.8)
Missing 0 0
Maternal education (years)
≤ 8 81 (32.1) 206 (48.6) < 0.001
> 8 146 (57.9) 209 (49.4)
Missing 25 (10.0) 8 (2.0)
Family income (Brazilian real)
≤ 350 74 (29.4) 148 (35.0) < 0.001
351–1,750 102 (40.5) 218 (51.5)
1,751–3,500 27 (10.7) 11 (2.6)
≥ 3,500 12 (5.0) 3 (0.7)
Missing 37 (14.4) 43 (10.2)
Oral contraceptive use
No 223 (88.5) 404 (95.5) < 0.001
Yes 29 (11.5) 19 (4.5)
Missing 0 0
aMaternal age at birth.