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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Apr 6;68(7):e28988. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28988

Table 3.

Demographic, Treatment, and Health Characteristics of SJLIFE Sample (n=897)a

Variable Short Sleep Duration n=400 Typical Sleep Duration n=495 Pe
M (SD) M (SD)
Age at evaluation, years 35.1 (8.5) 33.8 (9.2) 0.0397
Age at diagnosis, years 8.6 (5.7) 8.8 (5.6) 0.5239
BMI, amputation adjusted (kg/m2) 29.4 (7.5) 28.2 (6.7) 0.0137
N (%) N (%)
Sex
 Female 212 (53.0) 252 (50.9) 0.5337
 Male 188 (47.0) 243 (49.1)
Race/Ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic 324 (81.0) 429 (86.7) 0.0211
 Other 76 (19.0) 66 (13.3)
Diagnosis
 Leukemia 150 (37.5) 220 (44.4) 0.0945
 CNS tumor 24 (6.0) 42 (8.5)
 Non-CNS solid tumor 108 (27.0) 101 (20.6)
 Hodgkin lymphoma 51 (12.8) 66 (13.4)
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 28 (7.0) 28 (5.7)
 Ewing/osteosarcoma 32 (8.0) 29 (5.9)
 Other 7 (1.8) 8 (1.6)
Radiation
 Cranial radiation
  ≥ 20 Gy 58 (12.3) 80 (16.9) 0.5078
  < 20 Gy 44 (11.5) 56 (11.9)
  No cranial radiation 285 (74.2) 335 (70.8)
 Chest radiation 72 (18.7) 111 (23.5) 0.0865
 Abdominal radiation 67 (17.4) 95 (20.1) 0.3095
 Neck radiation 65 (16.8) 109 (23.0) 0.0244
Chemotherapy
 High dose IV methotrexate 118 (29.5) 162 (32.7) 0.3005
 Intrathecal methotrexate/cytarabine 167 (41.8) 225 (45.5) 0.2667
 Corticosteroids 202 (50.5) 269 (54.3) 0.2522
 Anthracyclines 246 (61.5) 320 (64.7) 0.3317
 Alkylating agents (classic) 232 (58.0) 300 (60.6) 0.4299
 Alkylating agents (heavy metal) 37 (9.3) 48 (9.7) 0.8206
 Ifosfamide 29 (7.3) 37 (7.5) 0.8982
Physically inactiveb,c 162 (47.7) 183 (42.2) 0.1279
Psychological distressd,c
 BSI anxiety 35 (10.6) 13 (3.4) <0.0001
 BSI depression 34 (10.3) 20 (5.2) 0.0100
Chronic conditions
 Cardiac conditions (Grade ≥2) 173 (43.3) 192 (38.8) 0.1768
 Endocrine conditions (Grade ≥2) 223 (55.8) 225 (45.5) 0.0022
 Pulmonary conditions (Grade ≥2) 121 (30.3) 114 (23.0) 0.0147
 Renal conditions (Grade ≥2) 46 (11.5) 43 (8.7) 0.1621
 Neurologic conditions (Grade ≥2) 130 (32.5) 147 (29.7) 0.3671
 Gastrointestinal conditions (Grade ≥2) 148 (37.0) 130 (26.3) 0.0006
 Musculoskeletal conditions (Grade ≥2) 123 (30.8) 146 (29.5) 0.6839

CNS, central nervous system; GY, gray; IV, intravenous; BSI, Brief Symptom Inventory; M, mean; SD, standard deviation

a

Participants with long sleep duration removed (n=14)

b

Physically inactive was defined according to CDC criteria of 450 MET-minutes per week

c

Psychological distress defined as T-score ≥63

d

The following variables had >10% missing: physically inactive (n=121); anxiety and depression (n=182)

e

Chi-square test or t-test for comparison of continuous variables between short and typical sleep duration groups, all tests were two-sided