Kidney size at diagnosis of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia: lack of prognostic significance for outcome. 1988

J P Neglia, and D L Day, and T V Swanson, and N K Ramsay, and L L Robison, and M E Nesbit
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis 55455.

The prognostic significance of kidney size at diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was assessed in a population of 142 children. Kidney size was determined using three different methodologies, and its significance was determined by univariate and multivariate life-table methods. Enlarged kidney size (as determined by any of the three methods used) was not associated with an overall poorer survival. These findings were consistent when kidney size at diagnosis was analyzed as a singled variable and when it was considered after adjustment for the known prognostic factors of age, sex, and initial WBC count. Assessment of renal size at the time of diagnosis of childhood ALL is not indicated for the purpose of predicting subsequent prognosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008297 Male Males
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004906 Erythrocyte Count The number of RED BLOOD CELLS per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD. Blood Cell Count, Red,Erythrocyte Number,Red Blood Cell Count,Count, Erythrocyte,Counts, Erythrocyte,Erythrocyte Counts,Erythrocyte Numbers
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age

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