Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Cancer Incidence: A Population-Based Multilevel Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The etiology of childhood cancers remains largely unknown, especially regarding environmental and behavioral risk factors. Unpacking the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and incidence may offer insight into such etiology. We tested associations between SES and childhood cancer incidence in a population-based case-cohort study (source cohort: Minnesota birth registry, 1989-2014). Cases, ages 0-14 years, were linked from the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System to birth records through probabilistic record linkage. Controls were 4:1 frequency matched on birth year (2,947 cases and 11,907 controls). We tested associations of individual-level (maternal education) and neighborhood-level (census tract composite index) SES using logistic mixed models. In crude models, maternal educa

SUBMITTER: Kehm RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928452 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature