Table 1.
a) Demographic and clinical factors at time of transplant | ||
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Variable | N | Distribution (%) |
Patient Factors | ||
Age | 662 | |
Mean (SD), years | 42.1 (11) | |
Median (range), years | 42.4 (18, 71) | |
< 35 | 182 | 28% |
35–39 | 95 | 14% |
40–44 | 106 | 16% |
45–49 | 120 | 18% |
>50 | 159 | 24% |
Gender | ||
Male | 411 | 62% |
Female | 251 | 38% |
Race | ||
White | 603 | 92% |
Other | 56 | 8% |
Marital status | 655 | |
Married/living with partner/committed | 493 | 75.3 |
Other | 162 | 24.7 |
Clinical Factors | ||
Comorbid conditions (dichotomized as present or not) |
104 | 16% |
Malignant disease at initial diagnosis, n (%) | ||
Acute leukemia (AML or ALL) | ||
Chronic leukemia (CML) | 243 | 37% |
Breast cancer | 131 | 20% |
Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s disease or non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma) |
156 | 24% |
132 | 20% | |
Intensity of treatment before HCT | ||
Less intense | 441 | 66.6 |
More intense | 221 | 33.4 |
Type of transplant | ||
Allogeneic | 272 | 41.1 |
Autologous | 390 | 58.9 |
TBI in transplant conditioning regimen | 235 | 35.5 |
b) Demographic and clinical factors after transplant at time of QOL interview | ||
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Variable | N | Distribution (%) |
Patient Factors | ||
Education | 658 | |
High school or below | 194 | 30 |
Some college or technical education | 209 | 32 |
College degree (BA/BS) | 122 | 18 |
Education beyond bachelor’s degree | 133 | 20 |
Marital status | 659 | |
Married/living with partner/committed | 483 | 73 |
Other | 176 | 27 |
Occupational status | ||
Retired | 75 | 11 |
Not working | 100 | 15 |
Working or student | 484 | 73 |
Family income | ||
<$20,000 | 70 | 11 |
$20,000–40,000 | 141 | 22 |
$40,000–60,000 | 156 | 24 |
$60,000–80,000 | 100 | 15 |
>$80,000 | 181 | 28 |
Insurance status | 597 | |
Public | 193 | 32 |
Private | 387 | 65 |
No insurance | 17 | 3 |
Clinical Factors | ||
Comorbid conditions | 104 | 16% |
Severity of transplant experience | ||
Low severity (autologous) | 390 | 60 |
Intermediate severity (allogeneic without chronic GVHD) |
168 | 26 |
High severity (allogeneic with chronic GVHD) | 88 | 14 |
Time since transplant, in years, median, (standard deviation) (mean) |
662 | 6.6 (3.1) (7.0) |
Distance between transplant center and residence (in miles) (standard deviation) |
600 | 148 (317) |
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), total body irradiation (TBI)