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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Mar 8;163(3):699–705.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.062

Table III.

Multivariate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for HA-CDI among specific cancer diagnoses.

Exposure* Full Cohort ALL AML NHL OS/EWS CNS

N = 33,095
380 CDI
N = 10,070
92 CDI
N = 3,161
108 CDI
N = 2,798
30 CDI
N = 2,132
20 CDI
N = 6,238
42 CDI

Race White Not Significant reference
Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant
Black 0.346 (0.081–1.478)
Asian 3.190 (1.390–7.309)
American Indian 0.700 (0.050–9.886)
Other 0.595 (0.182–1.951)
Missing 0.940 (0.556–1.589)

Sex Male 1.272 (1.034–1.565) 1.701 (1.096–2.641) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant

Aminoglycoside 1.357 (1.053 – 1.749) 1.786 (1.079–2.956) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant

Penicillins Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant 3.195 (1.056—9.671)

3rd Generation Cephalosporin 1.518 (1.177 – 1.959) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant 4.417 (1.230–15.860) 2.306 (1.120–4.746)

4th Generation Cephalosporin 2.383 (1.839 – 3.089) 2.166 (1.306–3.592) 2.272 (1.434–3.599) Not Significant 4.315 (1.272–14.635) Not Significant

Carbapenem Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant 3.123 (1.146–8.515)

H2 Antagonist 0.730 (0.584 – 0.912) 0.554 (0.340–0.903) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant

Proton Pump Inhibitor 1.398 (1.096 – 1.784) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant 4.095 (1.270–13.205) Not Significant

Disease Severity No Ventilation, Pressor History
Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant reference
Not Significant
Ventilation History
0.855 (0.154–4.744)
Pressor History
3.724 (0.680–20.400)
Ventilator & Pressor History 34.969 (4.709– 259.703)

Chemotherapy 7d Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant 2.916 (1.435—5.925)

Chemotherapy 8–14d 1.942 (1.491 – 2.529) 2.603 (1.317—5.147) 2.248 (1.253—4.033) Not Significant Not Significant Not Significant

ALL, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; AML, Acute Myeloid Leukemia; NHL, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma; OS/EWS, Osteosarcoma/Ewings Sarcoma; CNS, Central Nervous System tumors.

*

Results stratified by hospital site