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Neighborhood disadvantage linked to worsening chronic illness
Adult survivors of childhood cancer in the lowest-income neighborhoods had 1.83 times the odds of worsening overall chronic illness burden compared with those in the…Adult survivors of childhood cancer in the lowest-income neighborhoods had 1.83 times the odds of worsening overall chronic illness burden compared with those in the highest-income neighborhoods.
Cohort · 2,508 peoplePopulations
Who was studied2,508 adult survivors of childhood cancer
What changedChronic illness worsened more often among survivors in the most versus least vulnerable neighborhoods (odds ratio 1.44)
The catchSurvivors with greater disease burden may have moved to disadvantaged neighborhoods before study entry