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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2008 May 18;29(5):711–719. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2008.05.002

Table 3.

Patient characteristics at baseline (n = 424)

QCT group
>=0 SD <0 to −1 SD <−1 to −2 SD <−2 SD Total
n % n % n % n % n %
Age at cancer treatment (years)
   0–1 17 42.5 14 35.0 9 22.5 0 0 40 9.4
   2–5 74 33.2 79 35.4 53 23.8 17 7.6 223 52.6
   6–12 32 31.1 35 34.0 26 25.2 10 9.7 103 24.3
   >=13 22 38.6 20 35.1 14 24.6 2 3.5 57 13.4
Age at BONEII enrollment (years)
   9–12 27 27.6 36 36.7 25 25.5 10 10.2 98 23.1
   13–18 57 34.1 54 32.3 43 25.7 13 7.8 167 39.4
   19–30 50 37.6 49 36.8 28 21.1 6 4.5 133 31.4
   31–40 11 42.3 9 34.6 6 23.1 0 0 26 6.1
Sex
   Female 85 41.3 71 34.5 40 19.4 10 4.9 206 48.6
   Male 60 27.5 77 35.3 62 28.4 19 8.7 218 51.4
Race
   White 111 30.4 137 37.5 93 25.5 24 6.6 365 86.1
   Black 32 60.4 9 17.0 7 13.2 5 9.4 53 12.5
   Other 2 33.3 2 33.3 2 33.3 0 0 6 1.4
Body mass index
   Below Normal (< 19 15 23.1 26 40.0 18 27.7 6 9.2 65 15.3
   Normal (≥ 19 but < 25) 53 29.8 64 36.0 47 26.4 14 7.9 178 42.0
   Overweight (≥ 25 but < 30) 31 33.3 35 37.6 21 22.6 6 6.5 93 21.9
   Obese (≥ 30) 46 56.8 23 29.1 16 20.3 3 3.8 79 20.7
Menarchal status
   Menstruating 76 44.4 59 34.5 31 18.1 5 2.9 171 40.3
   Not menstruating 7 22.6 12 38.7 7 22.6 5 16.1 31 7.3
   Not applicable – male 62 27.9 77 34.7 64 28.8 19 8.6 222 52.4
   Unknown 2 22.2 4 44.4 2 22.2 1 11.1 9 2.1
Cranial irradiation
   None 81 29.6 101 36.9 70 25.5 22 8.0 274 64.6
   1800 cGy 54 47.0 37 32.2 21 18.3 3 2.6 115 27.1
   >2400 cGy 10 28.6 10 28.6 11 31.4 4 11.4 35 8.3
6-Mercaptopurine
   <=17338 mg (median) 68 33.0 76 36.9 48 23.3 14 6.8 206 48.6
   >17338 mg 77 35.3 72 33.0 54 24.8 15 6.9 218 51.4
Cyclophosphamide
   <=5868 mg (median) 83 34.6 80 33.3 60 25.0 17 7.1 240 56.6
   >5868 mg 62 33.7 68 37.0 42 22.8 12 6.5 184 43.4
Methotrexate
   <=8406 mg (median) 69 33.0 70 33.5 55 26.3 15 7.2 209 49.3
   >8406 mg 76 35.3 78 36.3 47 21.9 14 6.5 215 50.7
Prednisone
   <=3735 mg (median) 79 36.2 70 32.1 53 24.3 16 7.3 218 51.4
   >3735 mg 66 32.0 78 37.9 49 23.8 13 6.3 206 48.6
Total 145 34.2 148 34.9 102 24.1 29 6.8 424 100