Lupatsch, Judith E.; Kreis, Christian; Konstantinoudis, Garyfallos; Ansari, Marc; Kuehni, Claudia E.; Spycher, Ben D. (2021). Birth characteristics and childhood leukemia in Switzerland: a register-based case-control study. CCC. Cancer causes & control, 32(7), pp. 713-723. Springer 10.1007/s10552-021-01423-3
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PURPOSE
Initial genetic alterations in the development of childhood leukemia occur in utero or before conception; both genetic and environmental factors are suspected to play a role. We aimed to investigate the associations between childhood leukemia and perinatal characteristics including birth order, birth interval to older siblings, parental age, birth weight, and multiple birth.
METHODS
We identified cases diagnosed between 1981 and 2015 and born in Switzerland between 1969 and 2015 from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry and randomly sampled five controls per case from national birth records matched on date of birth, sex, and municipality of residence at birth. We used conditional logistic regression to investigate associations between perinatal characteristics and leukemia at ages 0-15 and 0-4 years, and the subtypes acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
RESULTS
The study included 1,403 cases of leukemia. We observed increased risks associated with high birth weight (adjusted OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.12-1.69) and multiple birth (1.89, 1.24-2.86). These associations were similar for ALL and stronger for leukemia at ages 0-4 years. For AML, we observed an increased risk for higher birth order (3.08, 0.43-22.03 for fourth or later born children). We found no associations with other perinatal characteristics.
CONCLUSION
This register-based case-control study adds to the existing evidence of a positive association between high birth weight and risk of childhood leukemia. Furthermore, it suggests children from multiple births are at an increased risk of leukemia.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lupatsch, Judith Eva, Kreis, Christian, Konstantinoudis, Garyfallos, Kühni, Claudia, Spycher, Ben |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0957-5243 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Funders: |
[189] Swiss Cancer Research = Krebsforschung Schweiz ; [193] Swiss Cancer League = Krebsliga Schweiz ; [4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger |
Date Deposited: |
28 Apr 2021 11:52 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s10552-021-01423-3 |
PubMed ID: |
33877514 |
Additional Information: |
Judith E. Lupatsch and Christian Kreis contributed equally to |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Birth weight Epidemiology Maternal age Parity Paternal age Twins |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/156077 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156077 |
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