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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Oct 18;61(3):538–545. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24821

Table IV. Cancer-Related Predictors of Life Partnership/Marriage in CCS in Two Logistic Multivariable Models.

Life partnershipa
Marriagea
ORb 95% CI P-valuec ORb 95% CI P-valuec
Diagnosis (ICCC-3)
    Leukemia 1.00 1.00
    Lymphoma 0.94 0.64–1.40 1.04 0.59–1.81
    CNS 0.23 0.12–0.41 0.43 0.18–1.08
    Neuroblastoma 0.64 0.30–1.33 1.13 0.34–3.75
    Retinoblastoma 0.52 0.19–1.43 0.56 0.07–4.52
    Renal tumor 1.29 0.71–2.33 0.86 0.31–2.34
    Hepatic tumor 0.96 0.16–5.59 1.41   0.13–15.27
    Bone tumor 1.25 0.68–2.31 2.01 0.85–4.71
    Soft tissue sarcoma 1.49 0.79–2.78 0.97 0.41–2.30
    Germ cell tumor 0.56 0.24–1.29 0.78 0.23–2.62
    Langerhans cell histiocytosis 0.84 0.41–1.74 <0.001 1.31 0.46–3.67 0.601
Treatmentd
    Chemotherapy 1.00 1.00
    Radiotherapy 0.76 0.55–1.05 0.86 0.54–1.36
    Surgery 1.90 1.03–3.49 1.19 0.45–3.13
    Bone marrow transplantation 0.79 0.38–1.64   0.018 0.38 0.09–1.53 0.501
Age at diagnosis (in years)
    0–5 1.00 1.00
    >5–10 1.08 0.75–1.55 1.06 0.62–1.82
    >10–16 1.12 0.78–1.62   0.826 1.03 0.60–1.77 0.979
Relapse
    No 1.00 1.00
    Yes 0.83 0.54–1.27   0.387 0.52 0.26–1.04 0.064

CNS, central nervous system; ICCC-3, International Classification of Childhood Cancer—Third Edition [25].

a

Standardized on age, gender, migration, language region, and educational level;

b

Odds ratio (OR) for marriage and life partnership;

c

Global P-value calculated with Wald test;

d

Chemotherapy may include surgery; radiotherapy: may include surgery and/or chemotherapy; bone marrow transplantation: may include surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy.