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. 2016 Apr 26;114(9):1060–1068. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.62

Table 5. Characteristics associated with educational attainment, occupational attainment and health-related unemployment after childhood cancer: separate logistic regressions.

  Odds of being a college graduate
Odds of being a manager
Odds of being unemployed because of health
  N=(722/1641)
(N=362/1649)
(N=123/1812)
  OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age at first cancer (years)
0–4 1   1   1  
5–9 0.99 (0.75–1.31) 0.80 (0.56–1.14) 0.68 (0.42–1.08)
10+ 1.18 (0.87–1.61) 1.00 (0.69–1.46) 0.62 (0.37–1.03)
Cranial irradiation
No 1   1   1  
Yes 0.48 (0.35–0.66) 0.47 (0.30–0.75) 3.23 (1.95–5.37)
Chemotherapy
No 1   1   1  
Yes 1.09 (0.83–1.44) 1.07 (0.76–1.51) 0.80 (0.53–1.19)
Childhood cancer group
Nephroblastoma 1   1   1  
Leukaemia 0.70 (0.41–1.20) 1.03 (0.50–2.12) 0.51 (0.15–1.78)
Neuroblastoma 1.08 (0.76–1.54) 1.05 (0.68–1.61) 1.37 (0.68–2.77)
Hodgkin's lymphoma 0.99 (0.61–1.60) 1.03 (0.58–1.84) 1.76 (0.71–4.33)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 0.93 (0.62–1.38) 0.99 (0.62–1.61) 0.90 (0.38–2.13)
Soft tissue sarcoma 1.48 (1.03–2.14) 1.27 (0.82–1.96) 1.03 (0.46–2.29)
Bone sarcoma 0.97 (0.61–1.54) 0.86 (0.49–1.50) 2.15 (0.92–5.01)
CNS tumour 0.47 (0.26–0.84) 0.31 (0.12–0.79) 4.63 (2.07–10.34)
Other solid cancera 1.24 (0.86–1.79) 1.14 (0.73––1.80) 1.15 (0.54–2.43)
Sex
Female 1   1   1  
Male 1.04 (0.85–1.27) 1.85 (1.43–2.39) 0.67 (0.47–0.95)
Year of birth
1939–1969 1   1   1  
1970–1974 1.61 (1.24–2.10) 0.95 (0.69–1.30) 0.49 (0.30–0.77)
1975–1979 2.04 (1.54–2.70) 0.68 (0.48–0.97) 0.48 (0.29–0.79)
1980–1988 1.46 (1.01–2.11) 0.54 (0.33–0.90) 0.48 (0.25–0.92)
Socioeconomic background
Survivor's father not a manager 1   1  
Survivor's father was a manager 3.27 (2.45–4.35) 4.64 (3.43–6.28)

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; CNS=central nervous system; OR=odds ratio.

a

Retinoblastoma, gonadal tumour, thyroid tumour and other types of carcinoma.