Health related quality of life and buffering factors in adult survivors of acute pediatric lymphoblastic leukemia and their siblings

Table 1 Descriptive of respondents and non-respondents/excluded

	Respondents (N = 227)	Non-respondents^b (N = 189)	P-value^a
Age, median (range)	28 (23–41)	28 (23–40)	0.672
Age at diagnosis, median (range)	6 (0–15)	6 (0–15)	0.756
Years since diagnose, median (range)	22(14–27)	23(14–27)	0.657
Radiation therapy (CNSirr) n (%)	10 (4.4)	11 (5.8)	0.512
Gender, female n(%)	115 (50.7)	77 (40.7)	0.043

^aStatistics from Mann–Whitney U-test and chi-squared test when appropriate.
^bn = 42 were excluded due to presence of mental health problems, disabilities (downs syndrome), emigration or longer stays abroad; n = 147 did not respond the questionnaire

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