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Environmental, maternal, and reproductive risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Egypt: a case-control study

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Title
Environmental, maternal, and reproductive risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Egypt: a case-control study
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BMC Cancer, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12885-016-2689-z
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Sameera Ezzat, Wafaa M. Rashed, Sherin Salem, M. Tevfik Dorak, Mai El-Daly, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Iman Sidhom, Alaa El-Hadad, Christopher Loffredo

Abstract

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer. The exact cause is not known in most cases, but past epidemiological research has suggested a number of potential risk factors. This study evaluated associations between environmental and parental factors and the risk for ALL in Egyptian children to gain insight into risk factors in this developing country. We conducted a case-control design from May 2009 to February 2012. Cases were recruited from Children's Cancer Hospital, Egypt (CCHE). Healthy controls were randomly selected from the general population to frequency-match the cumulative group of cases by sex, age groups (<1; 1 - 5; >5 - 10; >10 years) and region of residence (Cairo metropolitan region, Nile Delta region (North), and Upper Egypt (South)). Mothers provided answers to an administered questionnaire about their environmental exposures and health history including those of the father. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using logistic regression with adjustment for covariates. Two hundred ninety nine ALL cases and 351 population-based controls frequency-matched for age group, gender and location were recruited. The risk of ALL was increased with the mother's use of medications for ovulation induction (ORadj = 2.5, 95 % CI =1.2 -5.1) and to a lesser extend with her age (ORadj = 1.8, 95 % CI = 1.1 - 2.8, for mothers ≥ 30 years old). Delivering the child by Cesarean section, was also associated with increased risk (ORadj = 2.01, 95 % CI =1.24-2.81). In Egypt, the risk for childhood ALL appears to be associated with older maternal age, and certain maternal reproductive factors.

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Unknown 73 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 21%
Student > Bachelor 8 11%
Student > Postgraduate 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Lecturer 4 5%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 20 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 34%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 8%
Psychology 4 5%
Social Sciences 3 4%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 22 30%
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