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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jun 4;29(8):1627–1638. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0076

Table 2b.

Prevalence of chronic health conditions of survivors of Ewing sarcoma (EWS) (N=90) and community controls (N=272).

Cardiomyopathy Hypertension Myocardial infarction Hypercholesterolemia
EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls
N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p)
Cardiovascular Normal 84 (93.3) 270 (99.3) 0.004 42 (46.7) 153 (56.3) 0.11 90 (100) 269 (98.9) 1.0 57 (63.3) 191 (70.2) 0.22
Grade 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 36 (40.0) 79 (29.0) 0 (0) 2 (0.7) 29 (32.2) 64 (23.5)
Grade 2 3 (3.3) 1 (0.3) 11 (12.2) 31 (11.4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (4.4) 17 (6.3)
Grade 3 3 (3.3) 1 (0.3) 1 (1.1) 9 (3.3) 0 (0) 1 (0.3) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Grade 4 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Hypertriglyceridemia Peripheral Motor Neuropathy Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy Chronic Kidney Disease
EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls
N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p)
Cardiovascular Normal 76 (84.4) 272 (100) 0.24 Neurologic 76 (84.4) 272 (100) <0.001 55 (61.1) 237 (87.1) <0.001 Renal 87 (96.7) 269 (98.9) 0.17
Grade 1 8 (8.9) 0 (0) 8 (8.9) 0 (0) 29 (32.2) 30 (11) 1 (1.1) 0 (0)
Grade 2 6 (6.7) 0 (0) 6 (6.7) 0 (0) 4 (4.4) 5 (1.8) 2 (2.2) 3 (1.1)
Grade 3 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Grade 4 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Decreased Bone Mineral Density Scoliosis Prosthetic Malfunction
EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls
N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p)
Musculoskeletal Normal 55 (61.1) -- 67 (74.4) 271 (99.6) <0.001 8 (66.7) -- -- --
Grade 1 30 (33.3) -- -- 14 (15.6) 1 (0.3) 0 (0) -- --
Grade 2 5 (5.6) -- -- 5 (5.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) -- --
Grade 3 0 (0) -- -- 4 (4.4) 0 (0) 4 (33.3) -- --
Grade 4 0 (0) -- -- 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) -- --
Abnormal FEV1 Abnormal TLC Abnormal DLCOcorr
EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls
N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p)
Pulmonary Normal 72 (80.0) 252 (92.6) 0.001 77 (85.6) 265 (97.4) <0.001 71 (78.9) 259 (95.2) <0.001
Grade 1 8 (8.9) 12 (4.4) 4 (4.4) 6 (2.2) 0 (0) 12 (4.4)
Grade 2 6 (6.7) 5 (1.8) 6 (6.7) 1 (0.3) 18 (20.0) 1 (0.3)
Grade 3 3 (3.3) 3 (1.1) 3 (3.3) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 0 (0)
Grade 4 1 (1.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Abnormal Fasting Glucose Overweight/Obesity Sex Hormone Insufficiency* Oligospermia/Azoospermia**
EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls EWS Survivors Controls
N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p) N (%) N (%) (p)
Metabolic Normal 68 (75.6) 218 (80.1) 0.35 33 (36.7) 100 (36.8) 0.99 Reproductive 66 (80.5) 232 (96.7) <0.001 4 (10.5) -- -- --
Grade 1 14 (15.6) 43 (15.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) -- --
Grade 2 2 (2.2) 10 (3.7) 28 (31.1) 69 (25.4) 9 (11.0) 0 (0) 11 (28.9) -- --
Grade 3 5 (5.6) 1 (0.3) 24 (26.7) 78 (28.7) 7 (8.5) 8 (3.3) 23 (60.5) -- --
Grade 4 1 (1.1) 0 (0) 5 (5.6) 25 (9.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) -- --

FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; TLC: total lung capacity; DLCOcorr: diffusion capacity of lungs for carbon monoxide corrected for hemoglobin

Not assessed among controls

Assessed among survivors with primary limb-sparing surgery (n=12)

*

Assessed among evaluable survivors (n=82) and controls (n=240); women above age of 40 years or actively receiving hormonal therapy were considered inevaluable

**

Assessed among male survivors who consented to semen analysis (n=38)