Very high birth weight of offspring is associated with an increased risk of leukemia in their mothers: Results of a population-based cohort study

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1709-1714

  Paltiel, Ora ^a   Yanetz, Rebecca ^a   Calderon Margalit, Ronit ^a   Manor, Orly ^a   Sharon, Nir ^a   Harlap, Susan ^b   Friedlander, Yehiel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Intergenerational effects; Leukemia; Macrosomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MOTHERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47249136898     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Hjalgrim L.L., Westergaard T., Rostgaard K., Schmiegelow K., Melbye M., Hjalgrim H., et al. Birth weight as a risk factor for childhood leukemia: a meta-analysis of 18 epidemiologic studies. Am J Epidemiol 158 (2003) 724-735
2. McCormack V.A., dos Santos Silva I., Koupil I., Leon D.A., and Lithell H.O. Birth characteristics and adult cancer incidence: Swedish cohort of over 11,000 men and women. Int J Cancer 115 (2005) 611-617
3. Ahlgren M., Wohlfahrt J., Olsen L.W., Sørensen T.I., and Melbye M. Birth weight and risk of cancer. Cancer 110 2 (2007) 412-419
4. Heiskanen N., Raatikainen K., and Heinonen S. Fetal macrosomia-a continuing obstetric challenge. Biol Neonate 90 (2006) 98-103
5. Boulet S.L., Alexander G.R., Salihu H.M., and Pass M. Macrosomic births in the United States: determinants, outcomes, and proposed grades of risk. Am Immunol 65 (2004) 586-593
6. Ross J.A. High birthweight and cancer: evidence and implications. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15 (2006) 1-2
7. Ross J.A., Perentesis J.P., Robison L.L., and Davies S.M. Big babies and infant leukemia: a role for insulin-like growth factor-1?. Cancer Causes Control 7 (1996) 553-559
8. Milne E., Laurvick C.L., Blair E., Bower C., and de Klerk N. Fetal growth and acute childhood leukemia: looking beyond birth weight. Am J Epidemiol 166 (2007) 151-159
9. Hjalgrim L.L., Rostgaard K., Hjalgrim H., Thomassen H., Forestier E., Gustafsson G., et al. Birth weight and risk for childhood leukemia in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland. J Natl Cancer Inst 96 (2004) 1549-1556
10. Dorak T.M., Pearce M.S., Hammal D.M., McNally R.J., and Parker L. Examination of gender effect in birth weight and miscarriage associations with childhood cancer (United Kingdom). Cancer Causes Control 18 (2007) 219-228
11. Spector L.G., Davies S.M., Robison L.L., Hilden J.M., Roesler M., and Ross J.A. Birth characteristics, maternal reproductive history, and the risk of infant leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16 1 (2007) 128-134
12. Paltiel O., Harlap S., Deutsch L., Knaanie A., Massalha S., Tiram E., et al. Birth weight and other risk factors for acute leukemia in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study Cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13 (2004) 1057-1064
13. Harlap S.A., Davies M.A., Deutsch L., Calderon-Margalit R., Manor O., Paltiel O., et al. The Jerusalem Perinatal Study cohort, 1964-2005: methods and a review of the main results. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21 (2007) 256-273
14. Parkin DM, Whelan SL, Ferlay J, Raymond L, Young J. Cancer incidence in five continents. IARC Sci Publ 1997;VII(143):362.
15. Mole R.H. Childhood cancer after prenatal exposure to diagnostic X-ray examinations in Britain. Br J Cancer 62 (1990) 152-168
16. Doll R., and Wakeford R. Risk of childhood cancer from fetal irradiation. Br J Radiol 70 (1997) 130-139
17. Harvey E.B., Boice J., Honeyman M., and Flannery J.T. Prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood cancer in twins. New Engl J Med 312 (1985) 541-545
18. Shu X.O., Potter J.D., Linet M.S., Severson R.K., Han D., Kersey J.H., et al. X-rays and ultrasound exposure and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia by immunophenotype. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11 (2002) 177-185
19. Chiu B.C., Gapstur S.M., Greenland P., Wang R., and Dyer A. Body mass index, abnormal glucose metabolism, and mortality from hematopoietic cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15 12 (2006) 2348-2354
20. Engeland A., Tretli S., Hansen S., and Bjørge T. Height and body mass index and risk of lymphohematopoietic malignancies in two million Norwegian men and women. Am J Epidemiol 165 (2007) 44-52
21. McLaughlin C.C., Baptiste M.S., Schymura M.J., Nasca P.C., and Zdeb M.S. Birth weight, maternal weight and childhood leukaemia. Br J Cancer 94 (2006) 1738-1744
22. Stotland N.E., Hopkins L.M., and Caughey A.B. Gestational weight gain, macrosomia, and risk of cesarean birth in nondiabetic nulliparas. Obstet Gynecol 104 (2004) 671-677
23. Boyne M.S., Thame M., Bennett F.I., Osmond C., Miell J.P., and Forrester T.E. The relationship among circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF-binding proteins-1 and -2, and birth anthropometry: a prospective. Clin Endocrinol Metab 88 (2003) 1687-1691
24. Haas O.A., Argyriou-Tirita A., and Lion T. Parental origin of chromosomes involved in the translocation t(9;22). Nature 359 6394 (1992) 414-416
25. Morison I.M., Ellis L.M., Teague L.R., and Reeve A.E. Preferential loss of maternal 9p alleles in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 99 1 (2002) 375-377
26. Akagi T., Ogawa S., Yamamoto G., Nannya Y., Sanada M., Kawamata N., et al. Numerous genomic abnormalities in AML with normal karyotype. Blood 110 11 (2007) [Abstract #1811]
27. Gupta M., Raghavan M., Gale R.E., Chelala C., Allen C., Molloy G., et al. A genome-wide map of acquired uniparental disomy in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 110 11 (2007) [Abstract #996]
28. Zlotogora J. Parents of children with autosomal recessive diseases are not always carriers of the respective mutant alleles. Hum Genet 114 (2004) 521-526
29. Woodage T., Deng Z.M., Prasad M., Smart R., Lindeman R., Christian S.L., et al. A variety of genetic mechanisms are associated with the Prader-Willi syndrome. Am J Med Genet 54 3 (1994) 219-226
30. Houtenbos I., and Ossenkoppele G.J. Acute myeloid leukemia in a 23-year-old patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 136 1 (2002) 90-91
31. Khatib Z., Levi A., Pefkarou A., and Escalon E. Acute lymphocytic leukemia in a child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 26 1 (2004) 45-47
32. Kato M., Mugishima H., Chin M., Urakami T., and Harada K. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome under growth hormone therapy. Pediatr Int 47 3 (2005) 336-337
33. Davies H.D., Leusink G.L., McConnell A., Deyell M., Cassidy S.B., Fick G.H., et al. Myeloid leukemia in Prader-Willi syndrome. J Pediatr 142 2 (2003) 174-178
34. Hall B.D. Leukaemia and the Prader-Willi syndrome. Lancet 1 8419 (1985) 46
35. Zhu J.L., Basso O., Hasle H., Winther J.F., Olsen J.H., and Olsen J.J. Do parents of children with congenital malformations have a higher cancer risk? A nationwide study in Denmark. Br J Cancer 87 (2002) 524-528
36. Skjelbakken T., Løchen M.L., and Dahl I.M. Haematological malignancies in a general population, based on information collected from a population study, hospital records, and the Cancer Registry of Norway: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Haematol 69 2 (2002) 67-75
37. Rodriguez-Abreu D., Bordoni A., and Zucca E. Epidemiology of hematological malignancies. Ann Oncol 18 Suppl 1 (2007) i3-i8