Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the two study populations, survivors and controls

From: Clustering of health behaviours in adult survivors of childhood cancer and the general population

 

Survivors ( n =835)

Controls ( n =1670)

 
 

n

%

n

%

P -value a

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Age (years)

20–25

373

44.7

746

44.7

n.a.b

26–30

285

34.1

570

34.1

 

31–35

177

21.2

354

21.2

 

 Gender

Male

441

52.8

882

52.8

n.a.b

Female

394

47.2

788

47.2

 

 Language

German

633

75.8

1266

75.8

n.a.b

French/Italian

202

24.2

404

24.2

 

 Migration backgroundc

No

648

77.6

1296

77.6

nab

Yes

187

22.4

374

22.4

 

 Civil status

Single, divorced or widowed

732

88.5

1284

76.9

<0.001

Married

95

11.5

385

23.1

 

 Education

Compulsory schooling

70

8.0

69

4.1

<0.001

Vocational training

379

46.0

945

56.6

 

Higher secondaryd

304

36.4

449

26.9

 

University

63

7.5

200

12.0

 

 Income

Unemployed

110

13.2

43

2.6

<0.001

0–3000 CHF

239

28.6

573

34.3

 

3001–6000 CHF

402

48.1

819

49.0

 

>6000 CHF

45

5.4

235

14.1

 

 Number of children

None

708

84.8

1325

79.3

<0.001

One

63

7.5

169

10.1

 

Two or more

41

4.9

176

10.5

 

 Body mass index (kg m2)

<25

606

72.6

1266

75.8

0.372

⩾25

203

24.3

388

23.2

 

Clinical characteristics

 Age at diagnosis (years)

≤ 4

228

27.3

   

5–8

205

24.6

   

9–12

183

21.9

   

>12

219

26.2

   

 Diagnosis

Leukaemia

310

37.1

   

Hodgkin lymphoma

73

8.7

   

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

83

9.9

   

CNS tumours

101

12.1

   

Embryonal tumourse

127

15.2

   

Bone tumours and soft tissue sarcomas

87

10.4

   

Otherf

54

6.5

   

 Therapy

Surgery only

81

9.7

   

Chemotherapy, but no radiotherapy

394

47.2

   

Any radiotherapy

257

30.8

   

BMT

95

11.4

   

 Relapse

No

710

85.0

   

Yes

125

15.0

   
  1. Abbreviations: CHF=Swiss Francs; CNS=central nervous system; n.a.=not applicable; BMT=bone marrow transplantation.
  2. Numbers do not always sum up to the total because of missing values.
  3. aχ2-test.
  4. bPopulation matched for gender, age, language, region and migration background.
  5. cDoes not have a Swiss passport or has received the Swiss passport after date of birth or parents originate from another country.
  6. dHigher secondary education includes high school, teachers training colleges, technical colleges and higher vocational education.
  7. Includes neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumour, liver tumour and germ cell tumour.
  8. Includes epithelial neoplasms, malignant melanomas, unspecified malignant tumours and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
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