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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Jun 13;27(7):929–940. doi: 10.1007/s10552-016-0773-y

Table 5.

Association of childhood AML with intake of one-carbon metabolism nutrients before pregnancy from food and supplements and food only

All Mothers
98 cases,
128 controls
Nutrients from food
and supplements
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)

Principal componenta 0.83 (0.66–1.04)
Folate (100 DFE/day) 0.93 (0.85–1.03)
Vitamin B12 (1 µg/day) 0.92 (0.84–1.02)
Vitamin B6 (1 mg/day) 0.72 (0.51–1.04)
Riboflavin (1 mg/day) 0.85 (0.60–1.20)

Nutrients from food
only

Principal componenta 0.68 (0.46–1.02)
Folate (100 DFE/day) 0.90 (0.76–1.07)
Vitamin B12 (1 µg/day) 0.86 (0.73–1.02)
Vitamin B6 (1 mg/day) 0.47 (0.23–0.98)
Riboflavin (1 mg/day) 0.85 (0.49–1.50)
Methionine (1 g/day)b 0.68 (0.35–1.34)

Conditional logistic regression models adjusted for mother’s ethnicity, father’s education, mother’s education, household income, maternal age at child’s birth, and energy intake. Models for nutrients from food additionally adjusted for B vitamin intake from supplements (yes/no).

a

The principal component represents the combined dietary intake of folate, vitamins B12 and B6, riboflavin and methionine from food and supplements and from food only.

b

Methionine was measured from food only.