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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jan 19;65(5):e26941. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26941

Table 1.

Demographic and Baseline Obesity Characteristics

All Participants (n=53) Subset (n=37)a
NOURISH-T (n=27) EUC(n=26) p-value NOURISH-T(n=18) EUC(n=19) p-value
PCS Demographic Characteristics
Age1 9.4 (2.5) 10.5 (2.5) .17 9.4 (2.7) 11.6 (2.9) .02*
 Gender - Male2 58.3 (14) 45.8 (11) .28 52.9% (n=9) 40% (8) .32
Race/Ethnicity
  Caucasian1 74.1 (20) 65.4 (17) .35 77.8 (14) 73.7 (14) .54
  Hispanic1 14.8 (4) 15.4 (4) .63 16.7 (3) 21.1 (4) .53
  Other/Unknown1 11.1 (3) 19.2 (5) .33 5.6 (1) 5.3 (1) .74
PCS Cancer Characteristics
Age at Diagnosis2 4.6 (3.3) 5.9 (3.5) .22 4.6 (3.4) 7.0 (3.0) .04*
Cancer Diagnosis
  Lymphoma or ALL1,3 55.6 (15) 53.8 (14) .56 55.6 (10) 52.6 (10) .56
  Sarcoma1 7.4 (2) 19.2 (5) .19 11.1 (2) 26.3 (5) .23
  Brain Cancer1 18.5 (5) 7.7 (2) .23 22.2 (4) 10.5 (2) .30
  Other/Unknown1 18.5 (5) 19.2 (5) .61 11.1 (2) 10.5 (2) .68
BMI at Diagnosis2 73.7 (29.1) 68.8 (31.4) .68 88.0 (13.6) 61.2 (29.2) .01**
Type of Treatment
  Chemotherapy Only1 50.0 (11) 50.0 (11) 1.0 46.7 (7) 44.4 (8) .59
  Chemotherapy & Surgery1 18.2 (4) 31.8 (7) .24 20.0 (3) 38.9 (7) .21
  Chemotherapy, Surgery, & Radiation1 31.8 (7) 18.2 (4) .24 33.3 (5) 16.7 (3) .24
Time off Treatment2 2.2 (1.5) 2.2 (1.1) .99 2.4 (1.0) 1.7 (0.9) .02*
 Late Medical Effects - No Limitations1 76.9 (10) 83.3 (10) .54 72.7 (8) 81.8 (9) .50
Caregiver Demographic Characteristics
Age1 38.1 (7.5) 42.5 (10.0) .09 36.8 (6.1) 42.6 (10.2) .04*
 Gender - Male2 25.0 (6) 25.0 (6) .63 29.4 (5) 25.0 (5) .53
 Annual Income - Over $60,0001 43.5 (10) 54.2 (13) .33 37.5 (6) 55.0 (11) .24
 Marital Status - Married1 78.3 (18) 83.3 (20) .47 81.3 (13) 90.9 (18) .39
 Education - College Degree + 1 43.5 (10) 50.0 (12) .44 50.0 (8) 50.0 (10) 1.0

Notes:

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01

a

Subset of participants with post-intervention data;

1

[mean(SD)];

2

[%(n)];

3

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia