A Population-Based Study of Childhood Cancer Survivors’ Body Mass Index

Table 1

Demographics and cancer-related factors for survivors and the comparison cohort.

	Cancer survivors		Comparison cohort
	(𝑁=1060)		(𝑁=5410)		𝑃 value
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age at body mass index
18–29	565	53.3	2953	54.6	0.62
30–39	351	33.1	1709	31.6
≥40	144	13.6	748	13.8
Sex
Female	518	48.8	2665	49.2	0.82
Male	542	51.2	2745	50.7
Race/ethnicity
White, Non-Hispanic	1036	97.6	5261	97.1	0.37
Other	24	2.4	149	2.8
Birth year
1952–1960	59	5.6	320	5.9	0.40
1961–1970	181	17.1	913	16.9
1971–1980	468	44.1	2253	41.7
1981–1990	352	33.2	1924	35.6
Diagnosis age (years)
≤4	214	20.9	NA		NA
5–10	178	16.8
11–15	237	22.4
16–20	431	40.7
Years since diagnosis
5–10	191	18.0	NA		NA
11–20	414	39.1
21–30	363	32.6
31–38	92	8.3
Diagnosis year
1973–1979	161	15.2	NA		NA
1980–1989	402	37.9
1990–1999	376	35.5
2000–2005	121	11.4
Treatment
None/not documented	170	16.0	NA		NA
Chemotherapy	207	19.5
Radiation	119	11.2
Surgery	245	23.1
Chemotherapy + radiation	149	14.1
Chemotherapy + surgery	73	6.9
Radiation + surgery	52	4.9
Chemotherapy + radiation + surgery	45	4.3
Second primary cancers
No	1052	99.2	NA		NA
Yes	8	0.8