To prevent neuroblastoma, attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
- Smoking during pregnancy
- Mothers of ill children were more likely to have smoked during pregnancy than controls (24.1 vs 19.7%; odds ratio [OR] 1.3; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.9-1.7); when a meta-analysis was included, the data were just significant (OR 1.1; 95% CI 1.0-1.3)
- If both parents had smoked during pregnancy (OR 1.5; 95% CI 1.1-2.1).
