Body mass index during and early after therapy for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia is associated with obesity in survivors

Kunanya Suwannaying; Grace C Zhou; Nawachai Lertvivatpong; Achal Neupane; Kateryna Petrykey; Tomoko Yoshida; Jessica L Baedke; Piya Rujkijyanont; Carmen L Wilson; Stephanie B Dixon; Angela Delaney; Yadav Sapkota; Sue C Kaste; Gregory T Armstrong; Ching-Hon Pui; Melissa M Hudson; Deokumar Srivastava; Kirsten K Ness; Hiroto Inaba

doi:10.3324/haematol.2025.288529

Body mass index during and early after therapy for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia is associated with obesity in survivors

Haematologica. 2026 Feb 12. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2025.288529. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Kunanya Suwannaying¹, Grace C Zhou², Nawachai Lertvivatpong³, Achal Neupane⁴, Kateryna Petrykey⁴, Tomoko Yoshida⁴, Jessica L Baedke⁵, Piya Rujkijyanont⁶, Carmen L Wilson⁴, Stephanie B Dixon⁷, Angela Delaney⁸, Yadav Sapkota⁴, Sue C Kaste⁹, Gregory T Armstrong⁴, Ching-Hon Pui¹⁰, Melissa M Hudson¹¹, Deokumar Srivastava², Kirsten K Ness⁴, Hiroto Inaba¹²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen.
² Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
³ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Phramongkutklao Hospital and Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
⁶ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Phramongkutklao Hospital and Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok.
⁷ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
⁸ Department of Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
⁹ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Radiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
¹⁰ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
¹¹ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
¹² Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. hiroto.inaba@stjude.org.

PMID: 41676909
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2025.288529

Abstract

Not available.