Table 2

Birth year adjusted analyses of parental sociodemographic characteristics and childhood leukemia.


Sub-cohort
ALL
AML


No. (%)
No. (%)
HR
95% CI
No. (%)
HR
95% CI

Maternal age (continuous/5 year increase)
8750
559
1.05
0.97–1.14
87
1.21
1.00–1.47
     missing
0
1


0


Maternal Race







     black
324 (4)
9 (2)
0.41
0.21–0.79
4 (5)
1.20
0.43–3.33
     other/unknown
519 (6)
30 (5)
0.87
0.60–1.28
6 (7)
1.16
0.50–2.68
     white
7907 (90)
520 (93)
ref.
77 (89)
ref.
     missing
0 (0)
1 (0)


0 (0)


Maternal birthplace







     U.S. or U.S. territory
8226 (94)
532 (95)
ref.
76 (87)
ref.
     foreign born
516 (6)
26 (5)
0.76
0.51–1.15
11 (13)
2.18
1.14–4.18
     missing
8 (0)
2 (0)


0 (0)


Maternal Education







     high school
3173 (38)
179 (34)
ref.
29 (36)
ref.
     <high school
902 (11)
49 (9)
0.96
0.69–1.33
8 (10)
0.97
0.44–2.14
     >high school
4209 (51)
301 (57)
1.21
1.00–1.47
44 (54)
1.13
0.70–1.81
     missing
466 (5)
31 (6)


6 (7)


Marital status







     married
6988 (80)
459 (82)
ref.
75 (86)
ref.
     not married
1754 (20)
100 (18)
0.84
0.67–1.05
12 (14)
0.61
0.33–1.13
     missing
8 (0)
1 (0)


0 (0)



Johnson et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:7   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-7