Physical Inactivity as an Early Sign of Frailty in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Autor: Chua LL; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Azanan MS, Oh L, Ariffin H
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology [J Pediatr Hematol Oncol] 2023 Jul 01; Vol. 45 (5), pp. e560-e566. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 14.
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002586
Abstrakt: Young adult survivors of childhood leukemia have been reported with increased likelihood of age-related comorbidities compared with the general population. We compared the prevalence of frailty in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (n=58, median age=23 y, median survival time=18 y) with age-matched and sex-matched controls without history of cancer. Frailty phenotypes were determined using Fried frailty model. Association between frailty status and cardiometabolic conditions, systemic inflammation, and T-cell immunophenotype changes were also examined. Frailty and prefrailty were more common among survivors compared with controls (58.6% vs. 34.5%, P =0.019). Physical inactivity (39.7%) was the most frequently observed frailty criterion among the survivors. Prevalence of cardiometabolic conditions was comparable between the robust and frail/prefrail survivors. Robust survivors had a higher level of T-cell activation than the prefrail/frail survivors ( P <0.05), but no significant difference was observed for systemic inflammatory markers (IL-6 and C-reactive protein) and percentage of terminally differentiated T cells. Signs of frailty, especially physical inactivity, was detected in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors early in their third decade of life. Survivors who were prefrail/frail also had altered T-cell activation; however, the role of such changes in T-cell phenotype in the etiology of frailty warrant further investigation.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE