Table 6 Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) of offspring born by partners of men with a history of cancer by timing of childbirth in relation to father’s cancer diagnosis

Overall

0.99 (0.96–1.03)

1.11 (0.75–1.53)

1.15 (0.90–1.43)

 0–4 yrs old

0.91 (0.86–0.97)

0.98 (0.57–1.50)

1.30 (0.97–1.66)

 5–14 yrs old

1.10 (0.96–1.24)

1.41 (0.37–3.12)

0.77 (0.24–1.59)

 15–24 yrs old

1.06 (0.97–1.16)

1.11 (0.35–2.29)

0.66 (0.24–1.29)

 25+ yrs old

1.09 (1.00–1.18)

1.57 (0.50–3.25)

1.30 (0.47–2.55)

 16–25 yrs old

1.03 (0.96–1.11)

0.85 (0.22–1.90)

0.75 (0.27–1.47)

 26–30 yrs old

0.92 (0.86–0.97)

1.28 (0.70–2.03)

0.85 (0.49–1.30)

 31–35 yrs old

0.99 (0.91–1.07)

0.58 (0.15–1.30)

1.53 (1.02–2.15)

 36–40 yrs old

1.28 (1.10–1.46)

2.05 (0.81–3.84)

1.18 (0.61–1.94)

 41–45 yrs old

1.48 (1.11–1.90)

1.58 (0.15–4.54)

1.35 (0.43–2.80)

 46–70 yrs old

1.02 (0.53–1.69)

–

1.80 (0.34–4.40)

 Head & neck

1.14 (0.95–1.34)

–

0.39 (0.00–1.54)

 Digestive tract

1.07 (0.98–1.17)

1.09 (0.20–2.66)

1.55 (0.61–2.91)

 Thoracic

1.16 (1.03–1.30)

–

1.23 (0.00–4.80)

 Breast

1.09 (0.28–2.41)

–

–

 Prostate

0.97 (0.88–1.06)

–

–

 Reproductive

0.87 (0.67–1.10)

0.84 (0.22–1.87)

1.15 (0.59–1.90)

 Skin

0.82 (0.69–0.96)

1.53 (0.48–3.16)

1.58 (0.81–2.60)

 Brain & eye

0.89 (0.75–1.05)

0.25 (0.00–0.98)

0.75 (0.30–1.41)

 Thyroid

1.26 (1.03–1.52)

0.63 (0.00–2.47)

1.42 (0.61–2.58)

 Bone

0.88 (0.76–1.00)

2.16 (0.85–4.05)

0.82 (0.33–1.55)

 Hematopoietic

0.90 (0.76–1.05)

2.01 (0.91–3.54)

1.20 (0.54–2.10)

 Others

0.98 (0.88–1.09)

0.51 (0.00–2.00)

1.40 (0.56–2.64)

 Nulliparous

0.99 (0.95–1.02)

1.17 (0.62–1.90)

0.95 (0.68–1.28)

 Parous

1.58 (1.20–2.03)

1.07 (0.63–1.61)

1.54 (1.06–2.10)

 0–12

–

–

1.25 (0.33–2.78)

 13–18

–

–

0.95 (0.38–1.78)

 19+

0.99 (0.96–1.03)

1.11 (0.76–1.54)

1.17 (0.89–1.48)