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Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics from 56 survivors of childhood ALL, according to CRT treatment

From: Cranial radiotherapy predisposes to abdominal adiposity in survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia

 

Total

Exposure to CRT

p value

 

No

Yes

(n = 56)

(n = 31)

(n = 25)

Variable

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Fisher’s exact test

Sex

      

0.590

Male

24

42.9

12

38.7

12

48.0

 

Female

32

57.1

19

61.3

13

52.0

 

GBTLI protocol

      

0.055

-85

9

16.1

3

9.7

6

24.0

 

-93

35

62.5

18

58.1

17

68.0

 

-99

12

21.4

10

32.2

2

8.0

 

BMI Z score at ALL diagnosis

      

0.862

Normal

46

82.1

26

83.9

20

80.0

 

Overweight

6

10.7

3

9.7

3

12.0

 

Obese

1

1.8

0

0.0

1

4.0

 

NA

3

5.4

2

6.4

1

4.0

 

Variable

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Min

Max

T -test

Age at ALL diagnosis (years)

7.5

3.9

2.1

17.0

7.4

4.0

2.1

17.0

7.5

3.8

2.3

13.8

0.958

Age at assessment (years)

18.6

2.5

15.0

22.9

18.0

2.5

15.0

22.9

19.4

2.3

15.0

22.8

0.034

Age at CRT (years)

8.0

4.0

2.6

14.4

..

..

..

..

8.0

4.0

2.6

14.4

..

Time post therapy (years)

8.5

3.5

2.5

16.4

8.1

3.5

2.5

14.9

9.0

3.4

2.6

16.4

0.350

Time since CRT (years)

11.4

3.8

4.0

18.7

..

..

..

..

11.4

3.8

4.0

18.7

..

BMI Z score at ALL diagnosis

-0.28

1.38

-5.39

2.44

-0.61

1.44

-5.39

1.19

0.12

1.22

-2.30

2.44

0.055

  1. ALL Acute lymphocytic leukemia, CRT Cranial radiotherapy, GBTLI Brazilian Cooperative Group for Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, BMI Body mass index, NA Not available, SD Standard deviation, Min Minimum, Max Maximum.
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