[Association between parental exposure to environmental risk factors and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2016 Oct 10;37(10):1413-1416. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.10.019.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association between parental environmental risk factors exposure and the risk for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Methods: A total of 179 ALL children cases were selected in Tianjin Blood Disease Hospital and 136 healthy children matched by age, gender and living place were selected in 2015 for a case control study. The data were analyzed with univariate and multivariate non conditional logistic regression models. Results: The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that sex, history of abortion, exposure in a smoking environment during pregnancy, catching a cold, taking antipyretic analgesics, maternal exposure to air purifying agent, father' s occupational exposure to petroleum products and home decoration during pregnancy were associated with the risk of childhood ALL (P<0.05) and the results of multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that sex, history of abortion, catching a cold, father's occupational exposure to petroleum products and home decoration during pregnancy were associated with the risk of childhood ALL (P<0.05). Conclusion: The five factors including sex, history of abortion, catching a cold, father' s occupational exposure to petroleum products and home decoration during pregnancy were risk factors for childhood ALL.

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China / epidemiology
  • Fathers
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Maternal Exposure*
  • Occupational Exposure*
  • Paternal Exposure*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / epidemiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk Factors
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Substances

  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution