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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2019 Jul 10;125(20):3666–3677. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32370

Table 2.

Neurocognitive outcomes across racial/ethnic groups of childhood cancer survivors.

White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Hispanic
Mean P Mean P P* Mean P P*
Task efficiency
Sibling 50.92 46.77 52.51
Survivor 54.45 53.76 55.87
Difference from sibling 3.54 <0.001 7.00 <0.001 0.04 3.36 0.25 0.95
Survivor no CRT 52.60 52.73 54.54
Difference from sibling 1.68 <0.001 5.96 0.001 0.02 2.04 0.48 0.90
Survivor with CRT 59.20 56.21 60.06
Difference from Sibling 8.28 <0.001 9.45 <0.001 0.57 7.55 0.02 0.83
Emotional regulation
Sibling 50.44 49.65 49.23
Survivor 52.03 51.64 52.94
Difference from sibling 1.59 <0.001 1.99 0.32 0.85 3.72 0.06 0.29
Survivor no CRT 51.61 51.68 52.91
Difference from sibling 1.16 0.006 2.03 0.31 0.67 3.68 0.07 0.22
Survivor with CRT 53.12 51.55 53.06
Difference from sibling 2.68 <0.001 1.90 0.42 0.74 3.83 0.08 0.60
Organization
Sibling 50.33 51.88 50.75
Survivor 51.00 51.31 51.48
Difference from sibling 0.68 0.10 −0.57 0.84 0.67 0.73 0.75 0.98
Survivor no CRT 50.67 51.66 50.92
Difference from sibling 0.34 0.41 −0.22 0.94 0.85 0.17 0.94 0.94
Survivor with CRT 51.86 50.48 53.25
Difference from Sibling 1.53 0.001 −1.40 0.64 0.33 2.50 0.31 0.70
Memory
Sibling 50.12 50.65 52.83
Survivor 53.16 54.48 54.41
Difference from sibling 3.04 <0.001 3.83 0.13 0.76 1.58 0.52 0.55
Survivor no CRT 51.74 53.54 52.88
Difference from sibling 1.63 <0.001 2.89 0.26 0.63 0.05 0.98 0.53
Survivor with CRT 56.78 56.70 59.27
Difference from Sibling 6.66 <0.001 6.05 0.02 0.82 6.44 0.02 0.93

P=p-value comparing survivors to same race/ethnicity siblings; P*=p-value comparing survivor-sibling difference between racial/ethnic groups, referenced to non-Hispanic white survivor-sibling difference.

Adjusted for sex, age at follow-up, year at diagnosis, methotrexate exposure (intravenous and intrathecal), corticosteroid exposure and any CTCAE grade 3-4 chronic medical condition.