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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2013 Aug 1;134(2):431–436. doi: 10.1002/ijc.28363

Table 4.

Evaluation of effect heterogeneity among selected atopic conditions and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma histologic subtypes

Exposure Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
n = 215
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
n = 66

ORa 95% CI ORa 95% CI p for
heterogeneity

Allergies
  No 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
  Yes 0.60 0.40–0.89 0.75 0.42–1.35 0.53
Hives
  No 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
  Yes 0.66 0.40–1.09 0.79 0.39–1.62 0.63
Day-care attendance
  No 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
  Yes 0.64 0.45–0.90 0.51 0.29–0.88 0.59
Breastfeeding duration, months
  0 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
  <6 0.90 0.58–1.40 0.88 0.45–1.71
  6–12 0.88 0.53–1.47 0.63 0.26–1.54
  ≥12 0.38 0.19–0.74 0.43 0.14–1.31 0.65
Number of atopic conditions
  0 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
  1 1.02 0.54–1.90 0.92 0.39–2.20
  2 0.70 0.36–1.35 0.80 0.32–1.98
  ≥3 0.32 0.17–0.60 0.37 0.15–0.95 0.90
a

Adjusted for age, race, and sex