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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: T cell epigenetic remodeling and accelerated epigenetic aging are linked to long-term immune alterations in childhood cancer survivors

 

Non-IRR

TBI/HSCT

p value

(TBI/HSCT

vs non-IRR)

Number of participants

30

14

 

Sex (male/female)

15/15

9/5

0.25

Age (year, range)

22.1 (16–34)

25.1 (16–39)

0.48

Age at diagnosis (year, range)

7.2 (0.2–17.7)

7.7 (1.2–16.6)

0.78

Height (cm)

170 ± 9

163 ± 12

0.05

Weight (kg)

73.9 ± 18.8

62.0 ± 19.3

0.07

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 5.7

23.2 ± 6.8

0.26

Waist-to-height ratio

50.8 ± 8.5

51.4 ± 11.1

0.84

Diagnosis (number of survivors, %)

 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

12 (40%)

5 (36%)

 

  Relapse

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

 

 Acute myeloid leukemia

1 (3%)

6 (43%)

 

  Relapse

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

 

 Neuroblastoma

1 (3%)

2 (14%)

 

 Malignant histiocytosis

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

 

 Hodgkins lymphoma

2 (13%)

0 (0%)

 

 Non-Hogkins lymphoma

3 (10%)

0 (0%)

 

 Other type of cancer

11 (21%)

0 (0%)

 

Treatments (number of survivors, %)

 Chemotherapy

30 (100%)

14 (100%)

 

 TBI

0 (0%)

14 (100%)

 

 Hematopoietic stem cell transplant

3 (10%)

14 (100%)

 

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.03 ± 0.50

2.11 ± 2.08

0.01

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.82 ± 0.79

5.14 ± 1.12

0.28

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.86 ± 0.53

2.97 ± 1.13

0.67

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.59 ± 0.71

1.17 ± 0.41

0.05

Glucose (mmol/l)

4.74 ± 0.47

6.04 ± 4.19

0.10

Insulin (mIU/l)

7.17 ± 5.76

11.3 ± 8.60

0.07

HOMA-IR

0.96 ± 0.73

1.84 ± 1.98

0.04

  1. LDL low-density lipoprotein, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance index, Non-IRR non-irradiated, TBI total body irradiation, HSCT hematopoietic stem cell transplant