@article{Paul Saultier_Pascal Auquier_Yves Bertrand_Camille Vercasson_Claire Oudin_Audrey Contet_Dominique Plantaz_Marilyne Poirée_Stéphane Ducassou_Justyna Kanold_Marie-Dominique Tabone_Jean-Hugues Dalle_Patrick Lutz_Virginie Gandemer_Nicolas Sirvent_Sandrine Thouvenin_Julie Berbis_Hervé Chambost_André Baruchel_Guy Leverger_Gérard Michel_2016, place={Pavia, Italy}, title={Metabolic syndrome in long-term survivors of childhood acute leukemia treated without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: an L.E.A. study}, volume={101}, url={https://haematologica.org/article/view/7917}, DOI={10.3324/haematol.2016.148908}, abstractNote={Cardiovascular conditions are serious long-term complications of childhood acute leukemia. However, few studies have investigated the risk of metabolic syndrome, a known predictor of cardiovascular disease, in patients treated without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We describe the overall and age-specific prevalence, and the risk factors for metabolic syndrome and its components in the L.E.A. (Leucémie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent) French cohort of childhood acute leukemia survivors treated without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The study included 650 adult patients (mean age at evaluation: 24.2 years; mean follow-up after leukemia diagnosis: 16.0 years). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 6.9% (95% CI 5.1–9.2). The age-specific cumulative prevalence at 20, 25, 30 and 35 years of age was 1.3%, 6.1%, 10.8% and 22.4%, respectively. The prevalence of decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, increased triglycerides, increased fasting glucose, increased blood pressure and increased abdominal circumference was 26.8%, 11.7%, 5.8%, 36.7% and 16.7%, respectively. Risk factors significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in the multivariate analysis were male sex (OR 2.64; 95% CI 1.32–5.29), age at last evaluation (OR 1.10; 95% CI 1.04–1.17) and body mass index at diagnosis (OR 1.15; 95% CI 1.01–1.32). The cumulative steroid dose was not a significant risk factor. Irradiated and non-irradiated patients exhibited different patterns of metabolic abnormalities, with more frequent abdominal obesity in irradiated patients and more frequent hypertension in non-irradiated patients. Survivors of childhood acute leukemia are at risk of metabolic syndrome, even when treated without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or central nervous system irradiation. A preventive approach with regular screening for cardiovascular risk factors is recommended. <em><a href="http://clinicaltrials.gov">clinicaltrials.gov</a> identifier:01756599.</em&gt;}, number={12}, journal={Haematologica}, author={Paul Saultier and Pascal Auquier and Yves Bertrand and Camille Vercasson and Claire Oudin and Audrey Contet and Dominique Plantaz and Marilyne Poirée and Stéphane Ducassou and Justyna Kanold and Marie-Dominique Tabone and Jean-Hugues Dalle and Patrick Lutz and Virginie Gandemer and Nicolas Sirvent and Sandrine Thouvenin and Julie Berbis and Hervé Chambost and André Baruchel and Guy Leverger and Gérard Michel}, year={2016}, month={Nov.}, pages={1603-1610} }