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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2011 Apr 11;117(11):2559–2568. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25797

Table 1.

Demographic and treatment characteristics of the survivor and sibling cohorts.

Survivors (n=1426) Siblings (n=384)

Mean (SD) Range Mean (SD) Range
Age at Diagnosis 11.9 (5.6) 0–21 --- ---
Time Since Diagnosis 24.0 (4.7) 16.2– 34.3 --- ---
Current Age 35.9 (7.5) 19.2–53.4 33.7 (8.4) 17.8–58.4

Frequency Percent Frequency Percent

Sex
    Male 684 48.0 181 47.9
    Female 742 52.0 199 52.1
Income
    <20,000 135 9.5 24 6.3
    20,000–39,999 250 17.5 58 15.1
    ≥40,000 919 64.5 271 71.9
Cancer Diagnosis
    Leukemia 200 14.0 --- ---
    CNS tumor 214 15.0 --- ---
    Hodgkin Lymphoma* 768 53.9 --- ---
    Other Cancer 244 17.1 --- ---
Chemotherapy Treatment
    Alkylators 721 50.6 --- ---
    Anthracycline 407 28.5 --- ---
    Antimetabolite (IV) 265 18.6 --- ---
    Antimetabolite (IT) 795 55.8 --- ---
    Corticosteroids 538 38 --- ---
    Epipodophyllotoxin 45 3.2 --- ---
Cranial Radiation Treatment (CRT)
    NO CRT 309 21.7 --- ---
    CRT <20Gy 779 54.6 --- ---
    CRT ≥ 20Gy 201 14.1 --- ---
*

Survivors diagnosed with and treated for Hodgkin Lymphoma were over-represented in the current sample, given the higher rates of reported fatigue and sleep problems.