Maternal anemia and childhood cancer: a population-based case-control study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancer risk is associated with maternal health during pregnancy. Anemia in pregnancy is a common condition, especially in low-income countries, but a possible association between maternal anemia and childhood cancer has not been widely studied.

Methods

We examined the relation in a population-based study in Denmark (N = 6420 cancer cases, 160,485 controls). Cases were taken from the Danish Cancer Registry, and controls were selected from national records. We obtained maternal anemia diagnoses from the National Patient and Medical Births registries. In a separate analysis within the years available (births 1995-2014), we examined cancer risks among mothers taking prescribed vitamin supplements, using data from the National Prescription Register. We estima

SUBMITTER: Qureshi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904448 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature