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Table 7 Risk of death expressed as Mortality Rate Ratios (MRRs) in children born to partners of men with or without a history of cancer using a Poisson model

From: Birth rates among male cancer survivors and mortality rates among their offspring: a population-based study from Sweden

Group

Unadj MRR (95 % CI)

MRRa (95 % CI)

Background Healthy Population

1.00

1.00

Group 1

1.16 (1.11–1.20)

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

Group 2

1.05 (0.74–1.50)

1.06 (0.75–1.51)

Group 3

1.03 (0.82–1.30)

1.10 (0.87–1.38)

Father's age at childbirth

 16–25 yrs old

1.00

1.00

 26–30 yrs old

0.88 (0.87–0.90)

0.99 (0.96–1.01)

 31–35 yrs old

0.87 (0.85–0.89)

1.05 (1.02–1.09)

 36–40 yrs old

0.90 (0.87–0.93)

1.15 (1.10–1.21)

 41–45 yrs old

0.95 (0.89–1.01)

1.20 (1.11–1.29)

 46–70 yrs old

1.09 (0.98–1.22)

1.33 (1.18–1.50)

Mother's age at childbirth

 12–20 yrs old

1.00

1.00

 21–25 yrs old

0.85 (0.82–0.87)

0.94 (0.91–0.97)

 26–30 yrs old

0.77 (0.75–0.79)

0.92 (0.89–0.95)

 31–35 yrs old

0.80 (0.77–0.82)

0.97 (0.93–1.02)

 36–40 yrs old

0.89 (0.85–0.94)

1.08 (1.02–1.15)

 41–57 yrs old

1.14 (1.01–1.28)

1.34 (1.18–1.52)

 unknown

5.51 (3.55–8.54)

4.96 (3.20–7.69)

  1. aAdjusted for father’s age at childbirth, mother’s age at childbirth, father’s socioeconomic factor, attained age of the child and calendar period. Bold number units indicate a significant difference in MRRs