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Table 4 Main diagnosis of hospital contact of survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and controls

From: Increased health care utilization by survivors of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia is confined to those treated with cranial or total body irradiation: a case cohort study

Main diagnostic groups (ICD-8, ICD-9, ICD-10)

ALL survivors

Controls

p-value2

n

%

n

%

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (000–136, 001–139, A00-B99)1

20

9.4

475

4.5

0.002

Benign and in situ neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior (210–239, 210–239, D00-D48)

8

3.8

77

0.7

<0.001

Malignant neoplasm (140–209, 140–208, C00-C97)

1

0.5

3

0.0

NS

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (280–289, 280–289, D50-D89)

11

5.2

120

1.1

<0.001

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (240–279, 240–279, E00-E90)

15

7.0

197

1.8

<0.001

Mental and behavioral disorders (290–315, 290–319, F00-F99)

9

4.2

380

3.6

NS

Diseases of the nervous system (320–358, 320–359, G00-G99; infections excluded)

11

5.2

130

1.2

<0.001

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (360–379, 360–379, H00-H59; infections excluded)

6

2.8

123

1.2

0.041

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (380–389, 380–389, H60-H95; infections excluded)

6

2.8

128

1.2

0.048

Diseases of the circulatory system (390–458, 390–459, I00-I99; infections excluded)

7

3.3

152

1.4

0.037

Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519, 460–519, J00-J99; infections excluded)

2

0.9

434

4.1

0.013

Diseases of the digestive system (520–577, 520–579, K00-K93; infections excluded)

14

6.6

721

6.8

NS

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709, 680–709, L00-L99; infections excluded)

13

6.1

252

2.4

0.002

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–738, 710–739, M00-M99; infections excluded)

5

2.3

335

3.1

NS

Diseases of the genitourinary system (580–629, 580–629, N00-N99; infections excluded)

18

8.5

586

5.5

NS

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (800–999, 800–999, S00-T98)

23

10.8

1,268

11.9

NS

  1. 1Including diagnostic codes from other main groups including site-specific infections (meningitis, otitis, acute infections in the upper airways, influenza, pneumonia, other acute infections in the lower airways, and infections of the airways, i.e. main groups VI-XIV. 2Chi2-test comparing survivors and controls.