Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of the Male and Female Cancer Survivors (N = 2,755) With Offspring Included in the Current Study

Characteristic	Female Patients(n = 1,627)		Male Patients(n = 1,128)
	No.	%	No.	%
Index cancer diagnosis
Leukemia	441	27	311	28
Hodgkin's lymphoma	351	22	190	17
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	119	7	156	14
Bone sarcoma	235	14	153	14
Soft tissue sarcoma	178	11	125	11
Central nervous system cancer	116	7	98	9
Kidney cancer/Wilms tumor	104	6	64	6
Neuroblastoma	83	5	31	3
Age at cancer diagnosis, years
0-4	314	19	193	17
5-9	315	19	217	19
10-14	524	32	325	29
15-20	469	29	390	35
Missing	5	0.3	3	0.3
Age of survivor at birth of first child, years
< 20	301	19	79	7
20-24	599	37	349	31
25-29	511	31	435	39
30+	214	13	260	23
Missing	2	0.1	5	0.4
No. of included children born after diagnosis
1	757	47	554	49
2	653	40	412	37
3	174	11	120	11
4+	43	3	42	4
Treated with radiotherapy
Yes	1020	63	716	63
No	607	37	412	37
Treated with alkylating agents
Yes	810	50	496	44
No	783	48	603	53
Missing	34	2	29	3