Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants.

From: Premature thymic functional senescence is a hallmark of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivorship

 

PETALE (cALL survivors) n = 248

CHUM (control 1): age 19–40 years old, n = 47

CARTaGENE (control 2): age 40–69 years old, n = 234

Sex (all participants)

 Males (n, %)

124; 50.0

14, 29.8

136, 56.9

 Females (n, %)

124; 50.0

33, 70.2

98, 41.0

 Age at diagnosis, mean in years (s.d.)

6.5 ( ± 4.5)

NA

NA

 Age at biomarker sampling, means in years (s.d.)

22.3 ( ± 6.3)

29.1 ( ± 5.3)

54.5 ( ± 5.3)

 Post-treatment period, mean in years (s.d.)

13.6 ( ± 5.3)

NA

NA

Irradiation exposure

 Yes (n, %)

149, 60.1

NA

NA

 No (n, %)

99, 39.9

  

Relapse risk group at diagnosis

 SR (n, %)

111, 44.8

  

 HR,cardioprotector (+) (n, %)

69, 27.8

NA

NA

 HR,cardioprotector (−) (n, %)

60, 24.2

  

Metabolic syndrome

 All (n, %)

22, 9.1

NA

 

 Males (n, %)

12, 10.0

  

 Females (n, %)

10, 8.2

  

Abnormal TSH (Hypothyroidism)

 All (n, %)

25, 10.3

NA

NA

 Males (n, %)

10, 8.3

  

 Females (n, %)

15, 12.3

  

Abnormal 6MWT

 All (n, %)

92, 37.9

NA

NA

 Males (n, %)

45, 37.2

  

 Females (n, %)

47, 38.5

  

Abnormal CPET

 All (n, %)

175, 82.2

NA

NA

 Males (n, %)

97, 45.5

  

 Females (n, %)

78, 36.6

  
  1. HR high relapse risk at diagnosis, NA not applicable because control group participants are not assessed for the parameter or not treated with this treatment modality, SR standard relapse risk at diagnosis, 6MWT 6-minute walk test, CPET Cardiopulmonary Exercise T.