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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Leukemia. 2010 Sep 23;24(12):2039–2047. doi: 10.1038/leu.2010.210

Table 3.

Prevalence of functional status limitations among survivors, overall and by diagnosis, compared to siblings

Siblings (N=319) AML (N=281) ALL (N=120) AML & ALL (401)
N % N % p-value* N % p-value* N % p-value*
Assistance with activities of daily living 0.007 0.08 0.01
 Yes 1 (0.3) 9 (3.2) 3 (2.5) 12 (3.0)
 No 318 (99.7) 272 (96.8) 117 (97.5) 389 (97.0)
Assistance with routine activities 0.005 0.03 0.004
 Yes 8 (2.5) 23 (8.2) 8 (6.7) 31 (7.7)
 No 311 (97.5) 258 (91.8) 112 (93.3) 370 (92.3)
Health prevents work or school attendance <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Yes 7 (2.2) 40 (14.2) 15 (12.5) 55 (13.7)
 No 312 (97.8) 241 (85.8) 104 (87.5) 345 (86.3)
General health <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Poor 0 (0.0) 11 (3.9) 4 (3.3) 15 (3.7)
 Fair 17 (5.3) 38 (13.5) 14 (11.7) 52 (13.0)
 Good 66 (20.7) 103 (36.7) 40 (33.3) 143 (35.7)
 Very good 156 (48.9) 79 (28.1) 46 (38.3) 125 (31.2)
 Excellent 80 (25.1) 49 (17.4) 15 (12.5) 64 (16.0)
*

p-values are generated from generalized estimating equations adjusted for age and gender an including variance component for intrafamily correlation.

Fisher's exact test used for cell sizes smaller than 5.