Winter Birth in Association with a Risk of Brain Tumor among a Finnish Patient Population
The aim of this study was to analyze whether winter birth is related to risk of brain tumor in a clinical sample of patients from northern Finland. The study group comprised 101 patients suffering from a primary brain tumor. When comparing births in winter to births in other seasons, a 1.39-fold (95...
Published in: | Neuroepidemiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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S. Karger AG
2006
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000094578 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/94578 |
Summary: | The aim of this study was to analyze whether winter birth is related to risk of brain tumor in a clinical sample of patients from northern Finland. The study group comprised 101 patients suffering from a primary brain tumor. When comparing births in winter to births in other seasons, a 1.39-fold (95% CI 1.01–1.77) excess of winter births among patients was observed compared to respective births in the general population (p = 0.026). Especially patients with pituitary adenomas exhibited a 2.5-fold (95% CI 1.5–4.4) excess of winter births. The authors conclude that the season-of-birth effect in brain tumor patients should not be neglected when the actual and important tumorigenesis is investigated. |
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