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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Jan 8;126(7):1576–1584. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32694

Table 2.

Cognition, HRQOL and social attainment

Survivors Controls FDR-P vs. norms FDR-P vs. control
M (SD) %Imp M (SD) %Imp

Global Cognition
 Verbal reasoning −0.45(1.15) 25.5% 0.19(0.9) 6.6% <0.001 <0.001
 Non-verbal reasoning 0.06(0.88) 10.1% 0.27(0.73) 3.7% 0.48 0.065
Academics
 Reading −0.37(0.66) 8.8% 0(0.54) 1.7% <0.001 <0.001
 Mathematics −0.63(1.07) 25.0% −0.12(0.81) 7.8% <0.001 <0.001
Attention
 Sustained attention: omissions −0.23(1.52) 14.5% 0.14(1.11) 7.2% 0.101 0.011
 Sustained attention: variability −0.35(1.28) 19.3% −0.03(1.1) 11.3% 0.0034 0.017
 Focused attention 0.01(1.23) 12.1% 0.58(0.83) 2.9% 0.98 <0.001
Processing speed
 Visuomotor −0.15(1.03) 16.8% 0.45(0.94) 3.7% 0.101 <0.001
 Cognitive 0.22(1.14) 12.5% 0.64(0.91) 1.4% 0.050 0.0011
Memory
 Memory span 0(1) 5.3% 0.15(0.94) 4.6% 0.98 0.15
 Verbal learning −0.18(1.04) 18.4% 0.35(1) 7.5% 0.048 <0.001
 Long-term verbal memory −0.37(1.14) 20.0% 0.11(1.03) 9.2% <0.001 <0.001
 Visual memory −0.45(1.13) 30.1% −0.06(0.97) 11.8% <0.001 0.0015
Executive function
 Working memory −0.23(0.98) 7.3% 0.02(0.86) 2.3% 0.0092 0.0096
 Self-monitoring −0.28(1.37) 20.0% −0.12(1.48) 12.7% 0.025 0.43
 Cognitive flexibility −0.52(1.73) 23.0% 0.3(1.18) 7.5% <0.001 <0.001
 Initiation −0.21(1.04) 18.8% 0.08(1.08) 13.0% 0.025 0.0071
Health Related Quality of Life SF-36
 Physical function −0.16(1.1) 20.6% 0.39(0.7) 4.7% 0.097 <0.001
 Role limitations physical problems −0.26(1.22) 27.7% 0.43(0.67) 6.0% 0.022 <0.001
 Bodily pain −0.22(1.22) 27.0% 0.41(0.91) 8.9% 0.047 <0.001
 General health −0.56(1.2) 36.4% 0.26(0.91) 7.4% <0.001 <0.001
 Vitality −0.2(1.15) 24.1% 0.15(0.97) 14.5% 0.052 <0.001
 Social functioning −0.34(1.14) 22.0% 0.18(0.86) 8.6% 0.0018 <0.001
 Role limitations emotional problems −0.29(1.31) 22.1% 0.22(0.79) 9.0% 0.018 <0.001
 Mental health −0.28(1.24) 24.8% 0.07(0.92) 15.0% 0.018 0.0002

Social attainment N (%) N (%)

 Education: college graduate or more 46 (30.7) 190 (54.6) <0.001
 Employment: full time 84 (59.6) 248 (74.0) 0.0026
 Marital status: ever married 97 (69.3) 267 (79.5) 0.091
 Household income: ≥$ 40 000 56 (49.1) 249 (79.0) <0.001
 Independent living 95 (68.3) 294 (87.0) <0.001
 Health insurance 108 (75.5) 294 (87.5) 0.013

Z-scores, M=0, SD=1, higher score indicates better outcome. %Imp = percent of the group falling in the impaired range, defined as a score in the bottom 10th percentile of the normal distribution. Comparisons between survivors and controls were adjusted for difference in race, sex and age. Multiple comparisons between survivors and controls and survivors and population norms were adjusted using false discovery rates (FDR).