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Table 5 CNS tumor risk among small-for-gestational-age and large-for-gestational-age children

From: The association between high birth weight and the risks of childhood CNS tumors and leukemia: an analysis of a US case-control study in an epidemiological database

Birth weight

Controls

CNS tumors

OR

95%CI

P value

Lower

Upper

Total subjects

 SGA

189

15

0.9

0.4

1.7

0.643

 AGA

566

48

1

Reference

 

 LGA

63

9

1.8

0.8

3.9

0.163

      

P for homogeneity = 0.307

Birth weight 2500 g or larger

 SGA

177

12

0.8

0.4

1.6

0.494

 AGA

544

44

1

Reference

 

 LGA

63

9

2.0

0.9

4.5

0.101

      

P for homogeneity = 0.173

Birth weight 3000 g or larger

 SGA

97

9

1.2

0.5

3.1

0.672

 AGA

497

40

1

Reference

 

 LGA

63

9

2.0

0.9

4.4

0.113

      

P for homogeneity = 0.279

  1. SGA small for gestational age, AGA appropriate for gestational age, LGA large for gestational age
  2. ORs and corresponding 95%CIs and p values were adjusted for sex, ethnicity, year of birth, age at diagnosis, maternal age and DOE sites