A Population-Based Study of Childhood Cancer Survivors’ Body Mass Index
Table 2
Body Mass Index proportions for survivors by cancer type and comparison cohort.
Body Mass Index
Total
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese
BMI < 18.5
BMI 18.5–24.9
BMI 25–29.9
BMI ≥ 30
value
%
%
%
%
%
Female
Comparison sample
n/a
123
4.6
1551
58.2
598
22.4
393
14.8
0.06
All cancers
n/a
33
6.4
296
57.1
130
25.1
59
11.4
Diagnosis groups
Lymphoma
90
17.4
8
8.9
53
58.9
22
24.2
7
7.0
Epithelial
135
26.1
7
5.2
87
64.4
25
18.5
16
11.9
ALLa
82
15.9
6
7.3
43
52.4
22
27.1
11
13.4
Central nervous system
67
13.0
4
6.0
36
53.7
17
25.4
10
14.9
Germ
34
6.6
0
0.0
22
61.8
11
33.3
2
5.9
Sarcoma
41
7.9
5
12.2
19
46.3
13
31.7
4
9.7
Renal
25
4.8
1
4.0
13
52.0
8
32.0
3
12.0
Neuroblastoma
16
3.1
0
0.0
9
56.3
4
25.0
3
18.8
Other leukemia
14
2.7
1
7.1
8
57.1
3
21.4
2
14.3
Retinoblastoma
13
2.5
1
7.7
7
53.9
4
30.8
1
7.7
Male
Comparison sample
n/a
31
1.1
1102
40.2
1083
39.5
529
19.3
0.13
All cancers
n/a
11
2.0
198
36.6
216
39.9
117
21.6
Diagnosis groups
Lymphoma
129
23.8
1
0.8
46
35.6
51
39.5
31
24.0
Epithelial
64
11.8
1
1.6
22
34.4
26
40.6
15
23.4
ALLa
83
15.3
2
2.4
33
39.8
32
38.6
32
19.3
Central nervous system
88
16.3
0
0.0
28
31.8
35
39.8
25
28.4
Germ
83
15.3
4
4.8
35
42.2
29
34.9
15
18.1
Sarcoma
36
6.7
0
0.0
15
41.7
14
38.9
7
19.4
Renal
25
4.6
0
0.0
5
20.0
16
64.0
4
16.0
Neuroblastoma
18
3.3
1
5.6
9
50.0
6
33.3
2
11.1
Other leukemia
11
2.0
1
9.1
4
36.4
6
54.6
0
0.0
Retinoblastoma
4
0.7
1
25.0
0
0.0
1
25.0
2
50.0
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
bComparing full female comparison cohort to full female cancer group.
cComparing full male comparison cohort to full male cancer group.
