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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2020 Feb 14;21(3):421–435. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30800-9

Table 3.

Chronic health conditions among early-AYAs, childhood cancer survivors, and siblings according to CTCAE severity grade.

Organ System Early-AYA Survivors (n=4082) Childhood Survivors (n=4082) Siblings (n=3806) HR for Early-AYA Survivors (Siblings as referent group) HR for Childhood Survivors (Siblings as referent group)
Any Grade 1-5 conditions
N (%) 2637 (64·6%) 2419 (59·3%) 1562 (41·0%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 73·0% (70·1 to 75·6) 87·1% (84·0 to 90·0) 56·7% (53·6 to 59·6)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 80·8% (77·8 to 83·9) 74·5% (71·2 to 77·8) NA
HR (95% CI) 2·2 (2·0 to 2·3) 2.7 (2.5 to 2.9)
Any Grade 3-5 conditions
N (%) 1254 (30·7%) 1044 (25·6%) 320 (8·4%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 39·4% (36·9 to 42·0) 56·3% (52·0 to 60·3) 12·1% (10·5 to 13·8)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 45·6% (42·8 to 48·5) 39·6% (36·6 to 42·5) NA
HR (95% CI) 4·2 (3·7 to 4·8) 5.6 (4.9 to 6.3)
Grade 3-5 Cardiac
N (%) 464 (11·4%) 334 (8·2%) 107 (2·8%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 15·4% (13·8 to 17·0) 19·9% (17·3 to 22·7) 4·1% (3·2 to 5·1)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 19.7% (17.6-21.7) 13.6% (11.7-15.4) NA
HR (95% CI) 4·3 (3·5 to 5·4) 5.6 (4.5 to 7.1)
Grade 3-5 Endocrine
N (%) 244 (6·0%) 324 (7·9%) 65 (1·7%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 8·1% (7·0 to 9·3) 15·3% (13·3 to 17·4) 2·9% (2·1 to 3·8)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 8·8% (7·6 to 10·1) 11·4% (9·9 to 12·9) NA
HR (95% CI) 3·9 (2·9 to 5·1) 6.4 (5.1-8.0)
Grade 3-5 Pulmonary
N (%) 66 (1·6%) 44 (1·1%) 11 (0·3%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 2·0% (1·5 to 2·6) 2·8% (1·8 to 4·0) 0·5% (0·3 to 0·9)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 2·5% (1·7 to 3·2) 1·7% (1·0 to 2·3) NA
HR (95% CI) 6·3(3·2 to 12·7) 7.3(3.6 to 14.9)
Grade 3-5 Musculoskeletal
N (%) 110 (2·7%) 80 (2·0%) 17 (0·4%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 3·4% (2·7 to 4·3) 3·7% (2·6 to 5·0) 0·5% (0·3 to 1·0)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 3·6 % (2·7 to 4·5) 2·7% (2·0 to 3·4) NA
HR (95% CI) 6·5 (3·9 to 11·1) 8.0(4.6 to 14.0)
Grade 3-5 Neurological
N (%) 83 (2·0%) 77 (1.9%) 33 (0·9%)
Cumulative Incidence by age 45 years (95% CI) 2·4% (1·8 to 3·0) 3·7% (2·5 to 5·3) 1·4% (0·9 to 2·0)
Cumulative Incidence by 30 years post diagnosis (95% CI) 2·7% (2·0 to 3·4) 2·4% (1·7 to 3·1) NA
HR (95% CI) 2·2 (1·4 to 3·3) 3.2 (2.1 to 5.0)
*

Also includes in situ breast cancers and benign meningioma requiring surgery

Abbreviations: CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; SMN, subsequent malignant neoplasm.

Elazard ratios adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity. Comparisons between survivors and siblings used age as the time scale and late entry, with survivor entering at an age equivalent to 5 years post diagnosis and siblings age 5 or older.