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. 2023 Feb 10;6(2):e2255395. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55395

Table 1. Participant Characteristics and Standardized Mortality Ratios.

Characteristic All SJLIFE eligible survivors (n = 9440)a Adult on-campus SJLIFE participants (n = 3407)b
No. (%) SMR (95% CI) No. (%) SMR (95% CI)
Alive Dead Alive Dead
Overall 8159 1281 7.6 (7.2-8.1) 3284 123 3.8 (3.1-4.5)
Race and ethnicity
Hispanic 333 (4.1) 30 (2.3) 13.6 (9.2-19.4) 72 (2.2) 1 (0.8) 2.7 (0-15.2)
Non-Hispanic Black 1387 (17.0) 201 (15.7) 8.5 (7.4-9.8) 483 (14.7) 15 (12.2) 3.7 (2.1-6.1)
Non-Hispanic White 6151 (75.4) 955 (74.6) 6.9 (6.5-7.4) 2677 (81.5) 106 (86.2) 3.8 (3.1-4.6)
Otherc 288 (3.5) 95 (7.4) 21.8 (17.6-26.6) 52 (1.6) 1 (0.8) 2.4 (0-13.4)
Sex
Male 4437 (54.4) 770 (60.1) 6.3 (5.9-6.8) 1712 (52.1) 75 (61.0) 3.5 (2.8-4.4)
Female 3722 (45.6) 511 (39.9) 11.0 (10.1-12.0) 1572 (47.9) 48 (39.0) 4.3 (3.1-5.6)
Age at diagnosis, y
0-4 3532 (43.3) 453 (35.4) 8.9 (8.1-9.7) 1217 (37.1) 33 (26.8) 3.4 (2.3-4.7)
5-9 1850 (22.7) 291 (22.7) 8.0 (7.1-9.0) 770 (23.4) 26 (21.1) 3.6 (2.3-5.2)
10-14 1587 (19.5) 292 (22.8) 7.0 (6.2-7.8) 761 (23.2) 31 (25.2) 3.9 (2.6-5.5)
15-19 1123 (13.8) 220 (17.2) 6.2 (5.4-7.1) 514 (15.7) 30 (24.4) 4.2 (2.8-6.0)
≥20 67 (0.8) 25 (2.0) 7.0 (4.5-10.3) 22 (0.7) 3 (2.4) 5.9 (1.2-17.1)
Decade of diagnosis
1960-1969 139 (1.7) 126 (9.8) 6.6 (5.5-7.9) 85 (2.6) 13 (10.6) 3.9 (2.1-6.7)
1970-1979 804 (9.9) 352 (27.5) 6.4 (5.7-7.1) 525 (16.0) 48 (39.0) 4.6 (3.4-6.1)
1980-1989 1645 (20.2) 351 (27.4) 6.5 (5.8-7.2) 1042 (31.7) 40 (32.5) 3.6 (2.6-4.9)
1990-1999 2089 (25.6) 254 (19.8) 8.6 (7.6-9.7) 1210 (36.8) 18 (14.6) 2.6 (1.5-4.1)
2000-2012 3482 (42.7) 198 (15.5) 19.3 (16.7-22.2) 422 (12.9) 4 (3.3) 4.4 (1.2-11.3)
Age at assessment, y
5-9 377 (4.6) 107 (8.4) 1047.4 (858.4-1265.7) NA NA NA
10-14 778 (9.5) 218 (17.0) 377.7 (329.2-431.3) NA NA NA
15-19 1055 (12.9) 208 (16.2) 87.7 (76.1-100.4) 22 (0.7) 0 0 (0-982.3)
20-24 1134 (13.9) 179 (14.0) 29.6 (25.4-34.2) 347 (10.6) 3 (2.4) 5.1 (1.0-14.8)
25-29 1110 (13.6) 141 (11.0) 11.5 (9.7-13.6) 566 (17.2) 9 (7.3) 3.6 (1.6-6.8)
30-39 2026 (24.8) 197 (15.4) 4.5 (3.9-5.2) 1284 (39.1) 34 (27.6) 3.8 (2.6-5.3)
40-49 1210 (14.8) 152 (11.9) 2.9 (2.4-3.3) 767 (23.4) 41 (33.3) 3.9 (2.8-5.3)
≥50 469 (5.7) 79 (6.2) 1.6 (1.3-2.0) 298 (9.1) 36 (29.3) 3.5 (2.5-4.9)
Survival after diagnosis, No. of y
5-9 1572 (19.3) 539 (42.1) 24.8 (22.8-27.0) 27 (0.8) 0 0 (0-225.1)
10-14 1386 (17.0) 186 (14.5) 7.3 (6.3-8.5) 209 (6.4) 4 (3.3) 3.3 (0.9-8.6)
15-19 1205 (14.8) 137 (10.7) 5.1 (4.3-6.1) 508 (15.5) 5 (4.1) 2.1 (0.9-4.4)
20-24 1064 (13.0) 109 (8.5) 4.3 (3.6-5.2) 670 (20.4) 19 (15.4) 4.0 (2.3-6.3)
25-29 857 (10.5) 84 (6.6) 3.9 (3.1-4.8) 542 (16.5) 18 (14.6) 3.2 (1.9-5.1)
30-34 836 (10.2) 83 (6.5) 4.2 (3.3-5.2) 537 (16.4) 18 (14.6) 3.0 (1.8-4.7)
35-39 650 (8.0) 82 (6.4) 5.8 (4.6-7.2) 413 (12.6) 31 (25.2) 5.8 (3.9-8.1)
≥40 589 (7.2) 61 (4.8) 4.5 (3.4-5.7) 378 (11.5) 28 (22.8) 4.0 (2.6-5.9)
Cancer diagnosis
Leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic 2212 (27.1) 303 (23.7) 6.2 (5.5-6.9) 1054 (32.1) 25 (20.3) 2.2 (1.4-3.2)
Acute myeloid 379 (4.6) 38 (3.0) 7.9 (5.6-10.8) 125 (3.8) 4 (3.3) 4.5 (1.2-11.6)
Chronic myeloid 13 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 13.8 (1.5-49.8) 3 (0.1) 0 15.9 (1.8-57.3)
Other 61 (0.7) 14 (1.1) 13.3 (7.3-22.3) 22 (0.7) 2 (1.6) 0 (0-242.9)
Central nervous system tumor
Astrocytoma 618 (7.6) 86 (6.7) 15.5 (12.4-19.2) 181 (5.5) 4 (3.3) 4.3 (1.2-11.1)
Medulloblastoma 341 (4.2) 54 (4.2) 17.8 (13.3-23.2) 92 (2.8) 3 (2.4) 5.1 (1.0-15.0)
Ependymoma 188 (2.3) 64 (5.0) 60.3 (46.4-77.0) 37 (1.1) 4 (3.3) 18.9 (5.1-48.5)
Other 165 (2.0) 20 (1.6) 14.6 (8.9-22.6) 32 (1.0) 0 0 (0-21.1)
Craniopharyngioma 141 (1.7) 13 (1.0) 18.4 (9.8-31.5) 31 (0.9) 0 0 (0-26.3)
Hodgkin lymphoma 682 (8.4) 185 (14.4) 7.2 (6.2-8.4) 363 (11.1) 45 (36.6) 8.4 (6.1-11.3)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 503 (6.2) 74 (5.8) 4.6 (3.6-5.8) 236 (7.2) 8 (6.5) 3.2 (1.4-6.2)
Kidney 473 (5.8) 50 (3.9) 5.4 (4.0-7.2) 214 (6.5) 6 (4.9) 3.5 (1.3-7.6)
Neuroblastoma 379 (4.6) 73 (5.7) 12.0 (9.4-15.1) 149 (4.5) 1 (0.8) 0.9 (0-5.0)
Soft tissue sarcoma 492 (6.0) 77 (6.0) 6.9 (5.5-8.6) 210 (6.4) 5 (4.1) 2.8 (0.9-6.6)
Ewing sarcoma 198 (2.4) 66 (5.2) 10.1 (7.8-12.8) 100 (3.0) 2 (1.6) 1.5 (0.2-5.4)
Osteosarcoma 237 (2.9) 52 (4.1) 5.9 (4.4-7.7) 126 (3.8) 4 (3.3) 2.0 (0.5-5.1)
Retinoblastoma 428 (5.2) 30 (2.3) 6.6 (4.4-9.4) 96 (2.9) 3 (2.4) 3.4 (0.7-10.0)
Germ cell tumor 179 (2.2) 18 (1.4) 5.0 (3.0-7.9) 81 (2.5) 2 (1.6) 3.6 (0.4-13.1)
Liver cancers 65 (0.8) 5 (0.4) 4.7 (1.5-11.0) 22 (0.7) 1 (0.8) 7.8 (0.1-43.4)
Melanoma 71 (0.9) 7 (0.5) 5.8 (2.3-12.0) 21 (0.6) 0 0 (0-17.6)
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 46 (0.6) 15 (1.2) 9.4 (5.2-15.4) 22 (0.7) 4 (3.3) 11.7 (3.2-30.0)
Histiocytosis 138 (1.7) 7 (0.5) 2.0 (0.8-4.1) 21 (0.6) 0 0 (0-22.2)
Other cancers 150 (1.8) 28 (2.2) 12.1 (8.0-17.5) 46 (1.4) 0 0 (0-10.0)
Cancer treatment
Radiotherapy
Total body
No 7898 (96.8) 1222 (95.4) 7.4 (7.0-7.8) 3188 (97.1) 121 (98.4) 3.8 (3.1-4.5)
Yes 261 (3.2) 39 (3.0) 13.1 (9.3-17.9) 96 (2.9) 2 (1.6) 3.9 (0.4-14.1)
Cranial
No 5849 (71.7) 689 (53.8) 6.2 (5.7-6.7) 2267 (69.0) 78 (63.4) 3.8 (3.0-4.7)
Yes 2310 (28.3) 577 (45.0) 10.2 (9.4-11.1) 1017 (31.0) 45 (36.6) 3.8 (2.7-5.0)
Craniospinal
No 7793 (95.5) 1091 (85.2) 6.7 (6.3-7.1) 3175 (96.7) 116 (94.3) 3.7 (3.0-4.4)
Yes 365 (4.5) 88 (6.9) 16.3 (13.1-20.1) 109 (3.3) 7 (5.7) 6.5 (2.6-13.3)
Chest
No 6418 (78.7) 712 (55.6) 5.9 (5.4-6.3) 2528 (77.0) 56 (45.5) 2.4 (1.8-3.1)
Yes 1741 (21.3) 551 (43.0) 11.9 (10.9-12.9) 756 (23.0) 67 (54.5) 7.5 (5.8-9.5)
Abdominal or pelvic
No 6420 (78.7) 716 (55.9) 6.0 (5.6-6.5) 2528 (77.0) 58 (47.2) 2.4 (1.9-3.2)
Yes 1739 (21.3) 547 (42.7) 11.2 (10.3-12.2) 756 (23.0) 65 (52.8) 7.2 (5.6-9.2)
Other site(s)
No 7802 (95.6) 1136 (88.7) 7.2 (6.8-7.6) 3127 (95.2) 119 (96.7) 3.8 (3.2-4.6)
Yes 356 (4.4) 38 (3.0) 4.0 (2.8-5.4) 157 (4.8) 4 (3.3) 2.3 (0.6-5.9)
Chemotherapy
Alkylators
No 3620 (44.4) 413 (32.2) 6.6 (6.0-7.3) 1368 (41.7) 38 (30.9) 3.3 (2.3-4.6)
Yes 4539 (55.6) 847 (66.1) 8.0 (7.5-8.6) 1916 (58.3) 85 (69.1) 4.0 (3.2-4.9)
Anthracyclines
No 3827 (46.9) 704 (55.0) 7.9 (7.3-8.5) 1365 (41.6) 75 (61.0) 4.8 (3.7-6.0)
Yes 4332 (53.1) 557 (43.5) 7.1 (6.5-7.7) 1919 (58.4) 48 (39.0) 2.8 (2.1-3.8)
Platinum
No 6694 (82.0) 1001 (78.1) 6.5 (6.1-6.9) 2868 (87.3) 108 (87.8) 3.6 (2.9-4.3)
Yes 1465 (18.0) 260 (20.3) 19.9 (17.6-22.5) 416 (12.7) 15 (12.2) 5.9 (3.3-9.7)
Anthracycline dose, mg/m2
None 3827 (46.9) 704 (55.0) 7.9 (7.3-8.5) 1365 (41.6) 75 (61.0) 4.8 (3.7-6.0)
0.1 to <250.0 3383 (41.5) 320 (25.0) 5.9 (5.2-6.5) 1481 (45.1) 35 (28.5) 3.0 (2.1-4.1)
≥250.0 892 (10.9) 203 (15.8) 8.8 (7.7-10.1) 433 (13.2) 13 (10.6) 2.6 (1.4-4.4)
ADI, %
1-10d,e NA NA NA 326 (9.9) 2 (1.6) 0.6 (0.1-2.2)
11-50 NA NA NA 1278 (38.9) 30 (24.4) 2.4 (1.6-3.4)
51-80 NA NA NA 942 (28.7) 40 (32.5) 4.1 (2.9-5.6)
81-100 NA NA NA 590 (18.0) 32 (26.0) 5.7 (3.9-8.0)
Unassigned NA NA NA 148 (4.5) 19 (15.4) 12.7 (7.6-19.8)
Annual household income, $e,f
<20 000 NA NA NA 483 (14.7) 19 (15.4) 4.3 (2.6-6.8)
20 000-59 000 NA NA NA 1023 (31.2) 47 (38.2) 4.5 (3.3-6.0)
60 000-99 000 NA NA NA 662 (20.2) 22 (17.9) 3.1 (1.9-4.6)
≥100 000 NA NA NA 566 (17.2) 15 (12.2) 2.1 (1.2-3.5)
Missing NA NA NA 550 (16.7) 20 (16.3) 5.4 (3.3-8.3)
Health insurance statuse
None NA NA NA 698 (21.3) 25 (20.3) 3.7 (2.4-5.4)
Public NA NA NA 542 (16.5) 47 (38.2) 9.2 (6.8-12.3)
Private NA NA NA 1949 (59.3) 46 (37.4) 2.3 (1.7-3.0)
Missing NA NA NA 95 (2.9) 5 (4.1) 7.4 (2.4-17.2)

Abbreviations: ADI, area deprivation index; NA, not applicable; SJLIFE, St Jude Lifetime Cohort; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

a

Follow-up began 5 years after cancer diagnosis.

b

Follow-up began after the baseline on-campus assessment. Limited to adult (aged ≥18 years) SJLIFE participants with an on-campus visit before December 31, 2016.

c

Other race and ethnicity category includes 33 Black and 139 White participants with unknown Hispanic ethnicity status, 13 participants with unknown race and unknown Hispanic ethnicity status, 8 participants of other races with unknown Hispanic ethnicity status, and 190 participants of other races with non-Hispanic ethnicity (8 American Indian or Alaska Native, 41 Asian, 14 Asian and White, 26 Black and White, 11 multiple races [not specified], 5 Pacific Islander, 78 other races [not specified], and 7 missing).

d

Reference category.

e

Data were not available for nonparticipants.

f

Income was adjusted to 2016 dollars using inflation rate of 3% per year.