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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2020 Sep 14;29(5):2455–2464. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05773-7

Table 2.

Observed association between symptoms reported at four time points during therapy and relapse among cases of childhood ALL

Median days from diagnosis (range) Relapse Cases Total Cases Unadjusted Model HR (95% CI) Adjusted Model1 HR (95% CI)

End Induction 47.5 (32.8 – 98.6)
 Fatigue 20 177 1.19 (0.81–1.74) 1.28 (0.83–1.98)
 Sleep 20 180 1.64 (1.02–2.62) 2.00 (1.11–3.62)
 Pain 20 188 1.38 (1.09–1.74) 1.31 (0.98–1.75)
 Nausea 20 187 1.15 (1.01–1.32) 1.19 (1.01–1.39)
Delayed Intensification Day 1 186.2 (94.9 – 262.8)
 Fatigue 20 182 1.39 (0.91–2.13) 1.83 (1.23–2.73)
 Sleep 19 177 1.93 (1.21–3.09) 1.73 (1.01–2.96)
 Pain 19 189 1.22 (0.87–1.73) 1.80 (1.19–2.72)
 Nausea 20 188 1.05 (0.88–1.24) 1.13 (0.95–1.35)
Maintenance Cycle 1 Day 1 288.4 (193.4 – 438.0)
 Fatigue 16 166 1.65 (1.09–2.49) 2.14 (1.62–2.84)
 Sleep 16 165 1.39 (0.78–2.48) 2.19 (1.10–4.35)
 Pain 16 169 0.89 (0.53–1.49) 0.90 (0.55–1.45)
 Nausea 15 166 0.90 (0.72–1.14) 1.08 (0.81–1.42)
Maintenance Cycle 2 Day 1 390.5 (321.2 – 525.6)
 Fatigue 14 160 1.02 (0.67–1.55) 1.25 (0.80–1.96)
 Sleep 11 153 1.82 (0.89–3.70) 2.13 (0.98–4.60)
 Pain 14 159 0.70 (0.32–1.55) 0.83 (0.41–1.69)
 Nausea 14 164 1.12 (0.87–1.44) 1.19 (0.98–1.45)
1

Model adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, BMI z-score at diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment risk group

*

per standard deviation increase in fatigue, 1 unit increase in sleep, 2 unit increase in pain, 10 unit increase in nausea