Research Article

Maternal Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and Early Age Leukemia Risk in Brazil

Table 1

Distribution of selected maternal and child demography of early age leukemia and controls, Brazil, 1999–2007*.

Cases**
(%)
Controls
(%)
value

Age
 ≤11 mo.116 (46.0)255 (60.2)<0.01
 12–24 mo.136 (54.0)168 (39.8)
Gender
 Males130 (51.6)226 (53.4)0.643
 Females122 (48.4)197 (46.6)
Birth weight
 <4,000 g234 (92.8)393 (93.0)0.470
 >4,000 g16 (6.2)21 (5.0)
Missing2 (0.8)9 (2.0)
Ethnicity
 Whites170 (67.5)153 (36.2)<0.01
 Non-whites77 (30.5)256 (60.5)
Missing5 (2.0)14 (3.3)
Place of birth
 Northeast52 (20.7)101 (24.0)0.552
 Midwest18 (7.1)31 (7.3)
 Southeast155 (61.5)238 (56.2)
 South27 (10.7)53 (12.5)
Maternal agea
 <18 years8 (3.2)60 (14.2)<0.01
 18–24 years91 (36.1)182 (43.0)
 25–34 years117 (46.4)145 (34.2)
 >35 years36 (14.3)36 (8.5)
Maternal education
 <8 years81 (32.1)206 (48.6)<0.01
 >8 years146 (57.9)209 (49.4)

Total 252 (100)423 (100)

aMaternal age at child delivery; , number of cases; mo. = months.
*Data presented in Ferreira et al., 2012 [30]; **including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, , and acute myeloid leukemia, .