Table 3 Associations between size for gestational age and RMS risk

From: Birth characteristics and the risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma based on histological subtype

 

All RMS

Embryonal RMS

Alveolar RMS

Variable

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Size for gestational age a

 Small

0.91

0.68–1.23

0.91

0.62–1.33

0.94

0.45–1.96

 Average

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Large

1.22

0.93–1.61

1.42

1.03–1.96

0.93

0.42–2.03

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio; RMS=rhabdomyosarcoma.
  2. aAdjusted for birth year, state, maternal age, maternal race, child's sex, plurality and birth order. Terms given in bold mark a statistically significant result.
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