Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome, Vascular Damage, and Accelerated Aging (MetVasA) After Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Hematological Malignancy: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Cohort Study

Lisa J Asbroek   ¹ , MD ;   Helena JH van der Pal   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Marta Fiocco   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Elizabeth AM Feijen   ¹ , PhD ;   Lucienne H Grundeken   ⁴ , MSc ;   Maria MW Koopman   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Raphaële RL van Litsenburg   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Patrick van der Torre   ¹ , MSc ;   Jan Westerink   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Leontien CM Kremer   ^{1, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Saskia MF Pluijm   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Dorine Bresters   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

² Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

³ Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

⁴ Trial and Data Center, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, The Netherlands

⁶ Wilhemina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

*these authors contributed equally