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. 2023 Sep 9;7(22):7028–7044. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010633

Table 2.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of study participants by exposure of interest

Variables of interest Ever smoke
Ever drink alcohol
Vigorous physically active
No
n = 2430 (63.0%)
Yes
n = 1415 (36.8%)
No
n = 1663 (43.7%)
Yes
n = 2139 (56.3%)
No
n = 1975 (51.4%)
Yes
n = 1869 (48.6%)
Age at completing the survey in y
 Median (range) 54 (18-84) 59 (18-83) 57 (18-84) 56 (18-83) 60 (18-84) 52 (18-80)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
BMT era, n (%)
 1974-1989 211 (8.7) 106 (7.4) 103 (6.2) 207 (9.7) 109 (5.5) 208 (11.3)
 1990-2004 1043 (42.9) 614 (43.4) 670 (40.3) 957 (44.7) 730 (37.0) 931 (49.8)
 2005-2014 1176 (48.4) 695 (49.1) 890 (53.5) 975 (45.6) 1136 (57.5) 730 (39.1)
 P value .4311 <.0001 <.0001
Sex, n (%)
 Female 1159 (47.7) 570 (40.3) 899 (54.1) 813 (38.0) 999 (50.6) 726 (38.8)
 Male 1271 (52.3) 845 (59.7) 764 (45.9) 1326 (62.0) 976 (49.4) 1143 (61.2)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 African American 126 (5.2) 56 (4.0) 118 (7.1) 62 (2.9) 124 (6.3) 59 (3.2)
 Non-Hispanic White 1719 (70.7) 1129 (79.8) 1118 (67.2) 1729 (80.8) 1430 (72.4) 1419 (75.9)
 Hispanic 365 (15.0) 140 (10.0) 238 (14.3) 227 (10.6) 236 (11.9) 265 (14.2)
 Asian 153 (6.3) 48 (3.4) 132 (8.0) 69 (3.2) 115 (5.8) 86 (4.6)
 Other 66 (2.7) 41 (2.9) 57 (3.4) 50 (2.3) 70 (3.5) 38 (2.0)
 Missing 1 (0.04) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Health insurance, n (%)
 Not insured 84 (3.5) 48 (3.4) 58 (3.5) 74 (3.5) 48 (2.4) 83 (4.4)
 Insured 2325 (95.7) 1344 (95.0) 1604 (96.4) 2061 (96.3) 1925 (97.5) 1743 (93.3)
 Missing 21 (0.9) 23 (1.6) 1 (0.1) 4 (0.2) 2 (1.1) 43 (2.3)
 P value .1010 .5632 <.0001
Annual household income, n (%)
 <$19 999 659 (27.1) 435 (30.7) 571 (34.3) 506 (23.7) 665 (33.7) 426 (22.8)
 $20 000-$49 999 418 (17.2) 310 (21.9) 252 (15.2) 460 (21.5) 314 (15.9) 413 (22.1)
 >$50 000 1121 (46.1) 552 (39.0) 655 (39.4) 1018 (47.6) 812 (41.1) 862 (46.1)
 Missing 232 (9.5) 118 (8.3) 185 (11.1) 155 (7.2) 184 (9.3) 168 (9.0)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Educational status, n (%)
 ≤High school or less 383 (15.8) 327 (23.1) 353 (21.2) 319 (14.9) 419 (21.2) 288 (15.4)
 Post high school 2011 (82.8) 1083 (76.5) 1283 (77.1) 1807 (84.5) 1532 (77.6) 1564 (83.7)
 Missing 36 (1.5) 5 (0.4) 27 (1.6) 13 (0.6) 24 (1.2) 17 (0.9)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Age at BMT in y
 Median (range) 42 (0-74) 49 (0-74) 44 (0-74) 45 (0-74) 49 (0-74) 39 (0-72)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Follow-up since BMT to study start in y
 Median (range) 9 (2-41) 8 (2-41) 9 (3-41) 8 (2-41) 8 (3-41) 9 (2-41)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
BMI, n (%)
 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 93 (3.8) 35 (2.5) 75 (4.5) 52 (2.4) 68 (3.4) 61 (3.3)
 Normal weight (18.5 to <25 kg/m2) 838 (34.5) 394 (27.8) 538 (32.3) 693 (32.4) 581 (29.4) 652 (34.9)
 Overweight (25 to <30 kg/m2) 674 (27.7) 464 (32.8) 445 (29.8) 691 (32.3) 574 (29.1) 560 (30.0)
 Obese (≥30 kg/m2) 429 (17.7) 298 (21.1) 356 (21.4) 369 (17.2) 456 (23.1) 271 (14.5)
 Unknown 396 (16.3) 224 (15.8) 249 (15.0) 52 (2.4) 296 (15.0) 325 (17.4)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Primary diagnosis, n (%)
 AML/MDS/ALL 796 (32.8) 420 (29.7) 549 (33.0) 653 (30.5) 605 (30.6) 612 (32.7)
 CML 245 (10.1) 148 (10.5) 153 (9.2) 227 (10.6) 157 (7.9) 237 (12.7)
 HL/NHL 709 (29.2) 531 (37.5) 471 (28.3) 766 (35.8) 641 (32.5) 601 (32.2)
 PCD 429 (17.6) 257 (18.2) 322 (19.4) 356 (16.6) 433 (21.9) 248 (13.3)
 Other 251 (10.3) 59 (4.2) 168 (10.1) 137 (6.4) 139 (7.0) 171 (9.2)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 .3239
Disease status at first BMT, n (%)
 High risk 1038 (42.7) 681 (48.1) 726 (43.7) 976 (45.6) 959 (48.6) 758 (40.5)
 Standard risk 1073 (44.2) 618 (43.7) 743 (44.7) 927 (43.3) 842 (42.6) 850 (45.5)
 Missing 319 (13.1) 116 (8.2) 194 (11.7) 236 (11.0) 174 (8.8) 261 (14.0)
 P value <.0001 .4661 <.0001
BMT type/cGvHD, n (%)
 Autologous 1157 (47.6) 774 (54.7) 796 (47.9) 1123 (52.5) 1030 (52.2) 898 (48.0)
 Allogeneic with cGvHD 685 (28.2) 349 (24.7) 470 (28.3) 545 (25.5) 532 (26.9) 504 (27.0)
 Allogeneic without cGvHD 555 (22.8) 266 (18.8) 366 (22.0) 443 (20.7) 374 (18.9) 447 (23.9)
 Allogeneic missing cGvHD 33 (1.4) 26 (1.8) 31 (1.9) 28 (1.3) 39 (2.0) 20 (1.1)
 P value <.0001 .0256 .0002
Stem cell source, n (%)
 Bone marrow/cord blood 867 (35.7) 427 (30.2) 541 (32.5) 721 (33.7) 537 (27.2) 760 (40.7)
 Peripheral stem cells 1562 (64.3) 988 (69.8) 1121 (67.4) 1418 (66.3) 1438 (72.8) 1108 (59.3)
 Missing 1 (0.04) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.05)
 P value .0017 .3965 <.0001
Conditioning intensity, n (%)
 MAC 1625 (66.9) 1032 (72.9) 1092 (65.7) 1534 (71.7) 1303 (66.0) 1354 (72.4)
 RIC/NMA 498 (20.5) 258 (18.2) 381 (22.9) 373 (17.4) 449 (22.7) 309 (16.5)
 Missing 307 (12.6) 125 (8.8) 190 (11.4) 232 (10.9) 223 (11.3) 206 (11.0)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Conditioning regimen, n (%)
 TBI 1102 (45.3) 635 (44.9) 687 (41.3) 1022 (47.8) 766 (38.8) 976 (52.2)
 P value .7760 <.0001 <.0001
 Cyclophosphamide 1249 (51.4) 756 (53.4) 815 (49.0) 1181 (55.2) 928 (47.0) 1081 (57.8)
 P value .2246 .0001 <.0001
 Nitrosoureas 289 (11.9) 207 (14.6) 191 (11.5) 306 (14.3) 272 (13.4) 226 (12.1)
 P value .0147 .0105 .1210
 Etoposide 812 (33.4) 511 (36.1) 530 (31.9) 772 (36.1) 609 (30.8) 717 (38.4)
 P value .0895 .0065 <.0001
 Busulfan 273 (11.2) 135 (9.5) 223 (13.4) 182 (8.5) 223 (11.3) 184 (9.8)
 P value .1000 <.0001 .1452
 Cytarabine 137 (5.6) 114 (8.1) 99 (6.0) 151 (7.1) 153 (7.7) 98 (5.2)
 P value .0038 .1722 .0017
 Melphalan 598 (24.6) 404 (28.5) 470 (28.3) 527 (24.6) 642 (32.5) 358 (19.1)
 P value .0072 .0117 <.0001
 Fludarabine 379 (15.6) 216 (15.3) 293 (17.6) 302 (14.1) 363 (18.4) 234 (12.5)
 P value .7839 .0032 <.0001
Chronic health conditions, n (%)
 Grade 3 or 4 1394 (57.4) 847 (59.9) 1023 (61.5) 1215 (56.8) 1344 (68.0) 899 (48.1)
 P value <.0001 .0034 <.0001
Mental health, n (%)
 Not impaired 2317 (95.4) 1325 (93.6) 1579 (95.0) 2019 (94.4) 1858 (94.1) 1782 (95.4)
 Impaired 113 (4.6) 90 (6.4) 84 (5.0) 120 (5.6) 117 (5.9) 87 (4.6)
 P value .0222 .4480 .0794
Some pain from cancer, n (%)
 No 791 (32.55) 388 (27.4) 454 (27.3) 701 (32.8) 419 (21.2) 761 (40.7)
 Yes 1616 (66.5) 1016 (71.8) 1189 (71.5) 1424 (66.6) 1538 (77.9) 1093 (58.5)
 Missing 23 (1.0) 11 (0.8) 20 (1.2) 14 (0.6) 18 (0.9) 15 (0.8)
 P value .0030 .0004 <.0001
Anxiety from cancer treatments, n (%)
 Absent 2280 (93.8) 1308 (92.4) 1559 (93.7) 2025 (94.7) 1849 (93.6) 1740 (93.1)
 Present 104 (4.3) 74 (5.2) 85 (5.1) 93 (4.3) 108 (5.5) 70 (3.7)
 Missing 46 (1.9) 33 (2.3) 19 (1.1) 21 (1.0) 18 (0.9) 59 (3.2)
 P value .2507 .4773 .0170
Vital status, n (%)
 Deceased 438 (18.0) 410 (29.0) 268 (16.1) 562 (26.3) 403 (20.4) 448 (24.0)
 Alive 1992 (82.0) 1005 (71.0) 1395 (83.9) 1577 (73.7) 1572 (79.6) 1421 (76.0)
 P value <.0001 <.0001 .0078
Cause of death, n (%)
 Nonrecurrence§ 204 (46.6) 209 (51.0) 113 (42.2) 288 (51.2) 159 (39.4) 256 (57.1)
 Recurrence 134 (30.6) 112 (27.3) 77 (28.7) 162 (28.8) 128 (31.8) 118 (26.3)
 Unknown 95 (21.7) 80 (19.5) 78 (29.1) 98 (17.4) 113 (28.0) 63 (14.1)
 External 5 (1.1) 9 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 14 (2.5) 3 (0.7) 11 (2.5)
 P value .3161 <.0001 <.0001
Ever smoke, n (%)
 No - - 1266 (73.1) 1138 (53.2) 1231 (62.3) 1186 (63.5)
 Yes - - 394 (23.7) 994 (46.5) 735 (37.2) 678 (36.3)
 Missing - - 3 (0.2) 7 (0.3) 9 (0.5) 5 (0.3)
 P value - <.0001 .5071
Smoking status, n (%)
 Former smoker - 1215 (85.9) 335 (85.0) 854 (85.9) 638 (86.8) 575 (84.8)
 Current smoker - 200 (14.1) 59 (15.0) 140 (14.1) 97 (13.2) 103 (15.2)
Age at smoking initiation
 Median (IQR) - 17 (10-57) 17 (10-48) 17 (10-57) 17 (10-57) 17 (10-50)
Total y of smoking
 Median (IQR) - 15 (1-57) - - - -
Ever drink alcohol, n (%)
 No 1266 (52.1) 394 (27.8) - - 1079 (54.6) 575 (30.8)
 Yes 1138 (46.8) 994 (70.2) - - 883 (44.7) 1251 (66.9)
 Missing 26 (1.1) 27 (1.9) - - 13 (0.7) 43 (2.3)
 P value <.0001 - <.0001
Heavy drinker, n (%)
 No 1058 (93.0) 884 (88.9) - 1949 (91.1) 839 (95.0) 1105 (88.3)
 Yes 80 (7.0) 110 (11.1) - 190 (8.9) 44 (5.0) 146 (11.7)
 P value .0011 - <.0001
Vigorous physical activity, n (%)
 No 1231 (50.7) 735 (51.9) 651 (39.1) 626 (29.3) - -
 Yes 1186 (48.8) 678 (47.9) 575 (34.6) 1251 (58.5) - -
 Missing 13 (0.5) 2 (0.1) 437 (26.3) 262 (12.2) - -
 P value .1362 - <.0001
Levels of vigorous exercise (total metabolic equivalent h/wk-1)
 0 MET h/wk-1 1419 (58.4) 898 (63.5) 1157 (69.6) 1134 (53.0) 1975 (100.0) 351 (18.8)
 3 to <9 MET h/wk-1 736 (30.3) 343 (24.2) 410 (24.6) 668 (31.2) - 1084 (58.0)
 ≥ 9 MET h/wk-1 262 (10.8) 172 (12.2) 87 (5.2) 332 (15.5) - 434 (23.2)
 Missing 13 (0.5) 2 (0.1) 9 (0.5) 5 (0.2) - -
 P value .0001 <.0001 -

ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; BMI, body mass index; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; IQR, interquartile range; MAC, myeloablative conditioning; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; NMA, nonmyeloablative; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; PCD, plasma cell dyscrasias; RIC, reduced intensity conditioning; -, data are not relevant or applicable.

Bold indicates statistically significant (P < 0.05).

Race other includes multiracial (n = 93), American Indian (n = 12), and Pacific Island (n = 2).

Primary diagnosis other includes severe aplastic anemia, other leukemia, and other.

Mental health is impaired outcome (T-score ≥63) in any of the 3 Brief Symptoms Inventory-18 items subscales (depression, somatization, or anxiety).

§

Nonrecurrence cause of death includes SMN (n = 149), cardiac (n = 86), infection (n = 84), pulmonary (n = 29), renal (n = 22), stroke (n = 12), neurologic (n = 10), other (n = 8), hepatic (n = 6), hemorrhage (n = 5), and VTE (n = 2).