Table 3 Multivariate analysis of the total number of hospitalizations and bed-days.

From: Long-term hospitalisations in survivors of paediatric solid tumours in France

 

Number of hospitalizations

Number of bed-days

RR (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

Intercept

1.79 (1.66–1.93)***

0.93 (0.89–0.98)***

Women (Ref = Men)

0.97 (0.95–0.99)***

1.29 (1.27–1.31)***

Age in 2006

0.99 (0.99–0.99)***

0.99 (0.98–0.99)***

Age at first cancer (Ref = 0–1)

2–4

0.89 (0.86–0.93)***

1.38 (1.35–1.41)***

5–9

0.99 (0.94–1.03)

1.33 (1.29–1.37)***

10–14

1.04 (0.99–1.11)

1.23 (1.19–1.28)***

 ≥ 15

0.83 (0.77–0.9)***

1 (0.96–1.05)

Year of diagnosis (Ref =  > 1990)

 < 1970

1.05 (0.93–1.19)

1.86 (1.73–2)***

1970–1979

1.32 (1.22–1.43)***

1.82 (1.74–1.9)***

1980–1989

1.34 (1.27–1.41)***

2.07 (2.01–2.13)***

First primary cancer type (Ref = Neuroblastoma)

Other solid cancer

1.39 (1.3–1.48)***

1.4 (1.34–1.47)***

Kidney tumors

1.09 (1.04–1.14)***

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

Lymphoma

0.99 (0.94–1.04)

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

Soft tissue sarcomas

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

0.95 (0.91–0.98)***

Bone sarcomas

1.01 (0.95–1.08)

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

Central nervous system tumor

1.29 (1.22–1.36)***

1.97 (1.9–2.03)***

Gonadal/Germ cell tumours

1.02 (0.96–1.1)

1.39 (1.34–1.45)***

Thyroid tumor

0.66 (0.56–0.78)***

0.73 (0.66–0.8)***

Retinoblastoma

0.98 (0.92–1.04)

1.59 (1.54–1.65)***

Treatment (Ref = No radiotherapy or chemotherapy)

Chemotherapy

1.62 (1.53–1.70)***

2.63 (2.53–2.74)***

Radiotherapy

2.10 (1.98–2.22)***

2.72 (2.61–2.83)***

Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

2.60 (2.46–2.73)***

3.72 (3.58–3.86)***

  1. RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05.