Table 3.

Characteristics of survivors of childhood DTC vs survivors of other childhood cancers (both diagnosed age ≥12 years old).

	DTC survivors	Other CCS	P value
n	35	76
At diagnosis
Age (years)	15.8 (12.0–18.7)	14.0 (12.0–17.0)	<0.001*†
Sex, n (%)			<0.001*§
Female	32 (91)	42 (55)
Male	3 (9)	34 (45)
At follow-up
Age at evaluation (years)	26.3 (18.8–35.7)	26.2 (18.9–31.1)	0.741†
Follow-up period (years)	10.7 (5.0–23.3)	12.0 (6.2–18.1)	0.088†
Employment, n (%)			1.000‡
Employed and/or student	34 (97)	72 (95)
Not employed and no student	1 (3)	3 (4)
Missing	0 (0)	1 (1)
Completed education, n (%)			0.237§
Low level	6 (17)	15 (20)
Medium level	13 (37)	36 (47)
High level	16 (46)	21 (28)
Missing	0 (0)	4 (5)
Marital status‖, n (%)			n.a.
Relationship	23 (66)	–
No relationship	12 (34)	–
Not married and not living together	–	31 (55)
Married or living together	–	31 (41)
Missing	–	3 (4)

^†Mann–Whitney U test; ^‡Fisher’s exact test; ^§Chi square test; ^‖answer options regarding marital status of two different questionnaires were non-mergeable, therefore these are shown separately. Missing values were excluded for statistical testing (pairwise deletion). Continuous variables are presented as median (range). *Indicates a statistically significant difference (P < 0.01).

CCS, childhood cancer survivors; DTC, differentiated thyroid carcinoma; n.a., not applicable.