Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Oct 1;115(19):4625–4635. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24496

Table 2. Significant Time Effects on Measures.

Least Square Means (SE) at 3 Timepoints
Measure Baseline 12 Months 18 Months 1 P2
Total Recall -.53 (.15) -.18 (.15) -.077 (.16) .0048
 Compared to baseline p=.0055 p=.0016
Long Term Storage -.41 (.15) -.22 (.15) .0018 (.15) .011
 Compared to baseline p=.144 p=.0028
Significant Time Effects by Treatment
Least Square Means (SE) at 3 Timepoints
Measure Baseline 12 Months 18 Months P2
SF-36, Mental Component Scale (MCS) .034
 HSCT 43.62 (2.32) 49.40 (1.87) 50.26 (1.78)
 Compared to baseline p=.013 p=.0097
 Other treatment 48.16 (1.47) 48.57 (1.61) 49.64 (1.53)
 Compared to baseline p=.69 p=.21
Significant Time Effects by Diagnosis
Least Square Means (SE) at 3 Timepoints
Measure Baseline 12 Months 18 Months P2
Phonemic Fluency .014
 CML -.13 (.11) .10 (.13) .065 (.12)
 Compared to baseline p=.009 p=.033
 MDS -.039 (.29) -.47 (.20) -.033 (.26)
 Compared to baseline p=.16 p=.98
Pegboard, Dominant .041
 CML -.72 (.20) -.55 (.16) -.46 (.18)
 Compared to baseline p=.38 p=.094
 MDS -.1.79 (.50) -1.41 (.54) -2.32 (.58)
 Compared to baseline p=.46 p=.092
1

The difference between the 18 and 12 month values were not statistically significant, with p>0.05.

2

P-values for the Total Recall and Long-Term Storage are for time effects across all patients. P-values for other outcomes are for the time-by-treatment or time-by diagnosis interaction.