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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jan 11;59(3):540–547. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24078

Table II.

Baseline characteristics of childhood brain tumor survivors eligible for donepezil (n=11)

Sex
Male 6 (55%)

Race
White 10 (91%)
Asian 1 (9%)

Age at study enrollment (years)* 11.1 (9.3–17.3)

Parent education#
High School or less 3 (27%)
High school + some college 8 (73%)

Annual household Income#
<20,000 1(8%)
20–34,999 3 (25%)
35,000–49,999 2 (17%)
75,0000+ 5(45%)

Parent marital status (married)# 7 (63%)

Diagnosis
Medulloblastoma 7
Craniopharyngioma 1
Pilocytic astrocytoma 1
Ependymoma 1
Pineoblastoma 1

Age at cranial RT* 5.55 (3.4–13.2)

Cranial RT Dose (Gy)* 55.8 (50.4–60.3)

Median time since radiation (years) 4.7 (1.9–11.9)

Chemotherapy treatment
Yes 8 (73%)

Lansky/Karnofsky performance status 90 (70–100)

Endocrinopathy##

GH deficiency 7 (64%)

Cortisol deficiency 3 (27%)

Hypothyroidism 7 (64%)

VP shunt 2 (18%)

Cranial nerve deficit 7 (64%)

Gross motor deficit 6 (55%)
*

Median and range;

#

based on CHRIS demographics;

RT= radiation therapy;

**

Mean(sd) Intelligence quotient (IQ) measured by Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence(WASI)(44);

##

Patients on hormone replacement therapy at time of study