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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2014 Jul 10;8(4):688–696. doi: 10.1007/s11764-014-0375-1

Table 3.

Positive associations for neurologic morbidity on multivariate logistic regression analyses (n=162)

Neurologic symptom Variable Effect Odds ratio 95 % Confidence interval p value
Dizziness Gender Female vs. male 2.01 1.01 4.0 0.05
H/O leukemia relapse Yes vs. no 4.81 1.02 22.71 0.05
Fatigue H/O leukemia relapse Yes vs. no 8.35 1.16 59.93 0.03
Urine incontinence Gender Female vs. male 4.49 1.64 12.26 <0.0001
Age at Dx Older vs. younger 0.84 0.71 0.99 0.04
IT-chemotherapya ≥10 vs. <10 doses 3.61 1.31 9.95 0.01
Constipation Gender Female vs. male 2.33 1.05 5.16 0.04
Seizure CNS cancer Yes vs. no 3.03 1.05 8.73 0.04
Ataxia Radiation Yes vs. no 4.78 1.64 13.93 <0.0001
Back pain IT-chemotherapya ≥10 vs. <10 doses 0.44 0.2 0.96 0.04
Neuropathy Gender Female vs. male 2.23 1.12 4.41 0.02
IT-chemotherapya ≥10 vs. <10 doses 2.0 1.02 3.93 0.04

vs. versus, Dx ALL diagnosis, IT intrathecal

a

All participants received triple intrathecal therapy with cytarabine, methotrexate, and hydrocortisone