Journal article
Birthweight and childhood cancer: Preliminary findings from the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C)
O Paltiel, G Tikellis, M Linet, J Golding, S Lemeshow, G Phillips, K Lamb, C Stoltenberg, SE Håberg, M Strøm, C Granstrøm, K Northstone, M Klebanoff, AL Ponsonby, E Milne, M Pedersen, M Kogevinas, E Ha, T Dwyer
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12193
Abstract
Background Evidence relating childhood cancer to high birthweight is derived primarily from registry and case-control studies. We aimed to investigate this association, exploring the potential modifying roles of age at diagnosis and maternal anthropometrics, using prospectively collected data from the International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium. Methods We pooled data on infant and parental characteristics and cancer incidence from six geographically and temporally diverse member cohorts [the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (UK), the Collaborative Perinatal Project (USA), the Danish National Birth Cohort (Denmark), the Jerusalem Perinatal Study (Israel), the Norwegian Mo..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by: NIH (NCI, NICHD) USA; National Children's Study - USA; the Childrens Cancer Centre Foundation - Australia; Bluey Day Foundation - Australia; Baxter Family Foundation - Australia; The Rotary Club of North Brighton - Australia; Tour de Cure - Australia; Private philanthropic donations - Australia; and Murdoch Children's Research Institution (M1300049), Australia. The UK Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust (Grant ref: 092731) and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. The Maria Ascoli Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel, provided support for data pooling of the JPS.