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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
This study investigated the role of factors considered related to early stimulation of the immune system in the etiology of childhood acute leukemia. The national registry-based case-control study ESCALE was carried out in France in 2003-2004. Population controls were frequency matched to cases on age and gender. Data were obtained from structured telephone questionnaires administered to mothers. Odds ratios were estimated using unconditional regression models adjusted for potential confounders. Included were 634 acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases, 86 acute myeloblastic leukemia cases, and 1,494 controls aged ?1 year. Negative associations were observed between acute lymphoblastic leukemia and birth order (P for trend < 0.0001), attendance at a day-care center before age 1 year (odds ratio (OR) = 0.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.6, 1.1), prolonged breastfeeding (OR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.5, 1.0), repeated early common infections (OR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.6, 0.9), regular contact with farm animals (OR = 0.6, 95% CI: 0.5, 0.8), frequent farm visits in early life (OR = 0.4, 95% CI: 0.3, 0.6), and history of asthma (OR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.4, 1.0) or eczema (OR = 0.7, 95% CI: 0.6, 0.9). Results support the hypothesis that repeated early infections and asthma may play a role against childhood acute leukemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1476-6256
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1015-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Birth Order, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Breast Feeding, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Child, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Child Day Care Centers, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-France, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Hypersensitivity, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Infection, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20807738-Research Design
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Childhood acute leukemia, early common infections, and allergy: The ESCALE Study.
pubmed:affiliation
CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, INSERM, Villejuif, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't