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. 2023 Dec 7;59(2):255–263. doi: 10.1038/s41409-023-02154-6

Table 1.

Patient characteristics according to pre-transplantation diabetes and obesity.

Characteristic Control group (N = 29,208) Obesity (N = 5228) Diabetes (N = 1415) Obesity + Diabetes (N = 688)
Patient age in years, median (min-max) [IQR] 54.3 (18–82.5) [41.4–62.7] 53.8 (18–76.8) [43.2–61.5] 61.5 (18–83.8) [55.1–66.4] 59.5 (20.8–76.2) [53.8–64.2]
Patient sex, N (%)
   Male 17,062 (58.5%) 3027 (57.9%) 1007 (71.2%) 451 (65.7%)
   Female 12118 (41.5%) 2198 (42.1%) 407 (28.8%) 235 (34.3%)
   Missing 28 3 1 2
Karnofsky score, N (%)
   ≥90 20,208 (72.3%) 3672 (73.4%) 825 (61.6%) 433 (65.8%)
   <90 7752 (27.7%) 1331 (26.6%) 514 (38.4%) 225 (34.2%)
   Missing 1248 225 76 30
HCT-CI, N (%)
 0 16,769 (59.4%) 2243 (44.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 1–2 5310 (18.8%) 1700 (33.8%) 630 (51%) 298 (51.3%)
 3+ 6134 (21.7%) 1090 (21.7%) 605 (49%) 283 (48.7%)
 Missing 995 195 180 107
Renal comorbidity (moderate/severe)a, N (%)
 Yes 319 (1.1%) 72 (1.4%) 45 (3.4%) 22 (3.5%)
 No 28736 (98.9%) 5130 (98.6%) 1271 (96.6%) 608 (96.5%)
 Missing 153 26 99 58
Cardiac comorbidityb, N (%)
 Yes 1531 (5.3%) 309 (5.9%) 217 (16.3%) 104 (16.3%)
 No 27,548 (94.7%) 4896 (94.1%) 1117 (83.7%) 534 (83.7%)
 Missing 129 23 81 50
Cerebrovascular diseasec, N (%)
 Yes 458 (1.6%) 97 (1.9%) 56 (4.3%) 16 (2.6%)
 No 28,639 (98.4%) 5102 (98.1%) 1255 (95.7%) 608 (97.4%)
 Missing 111 29 104 64
Body mass index in kg/m2, median (min-max) [IQR] 24.2 (12.9–30) [21.9–26.5] 32.5 (30–65.9) [31.1–34.9] 25.6 (12.1–30) [23.5–27.7] 32.9 (30–55.1) [31.2–35.6]
Diagnosis, N (%)
   Acute leukemia 17,183 (58.8%) 2989 (57.2%) 787 (55.6%) 374 (54.4%)
   Chronic leukemia 1176 (4%) 266 (5.1%) 55 (3.9%) 29 (4.2%)
   Lymphoma 3668 (12.6%) 629 (12%) 128 (9%) 65 (9.4%)
   Plasma cell disorders 792 (2.7%) 182 (3.5%) 37 (2.6%) 22 (3.2%)
   MDS/MPN 6389 (21.9%) 1162 (22.2%) 408 (28.8%) 198 (28.8%)
Disease risk index, N (%)
   Low 2519 (9.2%) 560 (11.4%) 94 (7.1%) 48 (7.5%)
   Intermediate 17,315 (63.1%) 3139 (63.7%) 832 (63.1%) 416 (65.1%)
   High 6428 (23.4%) 1060 (21.5%) 332 (25.2%) 155 (24.3%)
   Very High 1165 (4.2%) 170 (3.4%) 60 (4.6%) 20 (3.1%)
   Missing 1781 299 97 49
Donor type, N (%)
   Identical sibling 9034 (30.9%) 1652 (31.6%) 406 (28.7%) 211 (30.7%)
   MUD 10/10 11,797 (40.4%) 2140 (40.9%) 586 (41.4%) 309 (44.9%)
   MMUD 9/10 2968 (10.2%) 541 (10.3%) 137 (9.7%) 75 (10.9%)
   MMUD 8/10 or less 383 (1.3%) 80 (1.5%) 16 (1.1%) 12 (1.7%)
   Haploidentical 5026 (17.2%) 815 (15.6%) 270 (19.1%) 81 (11.8%)
Cell source, N (%)
   Bone marrow 3071 (10.5%) 385 (7.4%) 110 (7.8%) 21 (3.1%)
   Peripheral blood 26,137 (89.5%) 4843 (92.6%) 1305 (92.2%) 667 (96.9%)
Conditioning intensity, N (%)
   Myeloablative 14,716 (50.8%) 2530 (48.9%) 540 (38.6%) 247 (36.6%)
   Reduced intensity 14,237 (49.2%) 2646 (51.1%) 858 (61.4%) 427 (63.4%)
   Missing 255 52 17 14
Total-body irradiation, N (%) 6425 (22%) 1090 (20.8%) 254 (18%) 126 (18.3%)
 In vivo T-cell depletion
   ATG/Campath 16,151 (55.7%) 3061 (58.9%) 816 (58%) 424 (61.9%)
   No 12,858 (44.3%) 2140 (41.1%) 591 (42%) 261 (38.1%)
   Missing 199 27 8 3

ATG anti-thymocyte globulin, HCT-CI hematopoietic cell transplantation-specific comorbidity index, IQR inter-quartile range, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, MPN myeloproliferative neoplasm, (M)MUD (mis)matched unrelated donor.

aDefined from the HCT-CI as having serum creatinine >2 mg/dL (>177 μmol/L), on dialysis, or prior renal transplantation.

bDefined from the HCT-CI as having coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, or ejection fraction ≤ 50%.

cDefined from the HCT-CI as having had a transient ischemic attack or cerebrovascular accident.