Table 2 Comparisons of sociodemographic characteristics and insomnia between childhood cancer survivors and siblings.

From: Risk for neurocognitive impairment in Korean childhood cancer survivors

Characteristics

Childhood cancer survivors

(n = 720)

Siblings

(n = 222)

P-value

Sex

  

< 0.001

Male

419 (58.2)

95 (42.8)

 

Female

301 (41.8)

127 (57.2)

Age at survey, year

18.0 ± 5.0

16.3 ± 5.2

< 0.001*

≤12

100(13.9)

62(27.9)

< 0.001

12<~≤15

118(16.4)

56(25.2)

 

15<~≤18

146(20.3)

37(16.7)

 

18<~≤21

174(24.2)

29(13.1)

 

21<

182(25.3)

38(17.1)

 

Educational level achieved

  

<0.001

Non-schooler

24 (3.3)

1 (0.45)

 

Elementary schooler

116 (16.1)

60 (27.0)

Middle schooler

128 (17.8)

83 (37.4)

High schooler

136 (18.9)

41 (18.5)

After graduating high school

315 (43.8)

1 (0.45)

Unknown

1(0.1)

36(16.2)

 

Main caregiver’s level of education

  

0.843

≤ High school graduate

239 (33.2)

92(41.4)

 

College graduate

286 (39.7)

115(51.8)

 

Master’s degree or higher

28 (3.9)

8(3.6)

 

Unknown

167(23.2)

7(3.2)

 

Insomnia, frequency/week

  

0.018

None

412 (57.2)

148 (66.7)

 

1–2 days

189 (26.3)

51 (23.0)

 

3–4 days

73 (10.1)

14 (6.3)

 

≥ 5 days

39 (5.4)

9 (4.1)

 

Unknown

7(1.0)

0(0.0)

 
  1. Data were presented by mean ± 1- standard deviation for numerical variables or by number (%) for categorical variables. P-values were obtained by t-test* for numerical variable or by chi-square test and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for categorical variables after excluding the subjects with missing value for the relevant variables.