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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Aug 4;84(3):e363–e369. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.03.066

Table 2.

Significant predictors of learning in children with craniopharyngioma (n=44)

			Baseline			Change per month			Estimated 5-y score
Variable	Subgroup	n	Estimate	SE	P₁	Estimate	SE	P₂	Estimate	SE	P₃
Verbal learning (CVLT-C)
Hydrocephalus	No	20	51.48	2.33	.01^*	.102	.065	.12	57.58	3.40	.16
	Yes	24	43.43	2.28		.129	.058	.02^*	51.16	2.91
Shunt	No	25	49.81	2.12	.07	.139	.057	.01^*	58.15	2.90	.04^*
	Yes	19	43.45	2.79		.093	.072	.20	49.03	3.32
Visual auditory learning
Age at CRT	<8 y	21	90.25	4.66	.03^*	.091	.066	.17	95.72	4.93	.22
	≥8 y	23	104.40	4.37		.000	.071	.99	104.47	5.04
Sex	Female	25	90.55	4.22	.01^*	.030	.067	.65	92.37	4.26	<.01^*
	Male	19	106.80	4.67		.084	.072	.25	111.77	4.95
Hydrocephalus	No	20	105.90	4.51	.02^*	.108	.075	.16	112.41	4.94	<.01^*
	Yes	24	90.49	4.31		.015	.069	.83	91.38	4.33
Shunt	No	25	107.90	3.58	<.01^*	.060	.061	.33	111.50	4.01	<.01^*
	Yes	19	84.35	4.55		.029	.086	.74	86.09	4.72

Abbreviations CRT = conformal radiation therapy; P₁ = difference at baseline; P₂ = change over time; P₃ = difference 5 y after CRT; SE = standard error.

P≤.05, statistically significant.