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Published in final edited form as: Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Oct 6;30(1):116.e1–116.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.09.027

Table 3.

Univariable analysis of risk factors for admission.

Characteristic Required Admission, N = 511 OR2 95% CI2 p-value
Cell Therapy Type
 Allo
14 (9.4%)
 Auto 25 (15%) 1.65 0.83, 3.39 0.2
 CART 12 (44%) 7.71 3.02, 20.0 <0.001

Age at COVID-19 Diagnosis, years, median (IQR) 64 (57, 71) 1.03 1.00, 1.05 0.040

Variant
 BA1
32 (16%)
 BA2 5 (15%) 0.94 0.30, 2.45 >0.9
 BA2.12.1 0 (0%) NE3 3 >0.9
 BA5/BA4 2 (3.8%) 0.21 0.03, 0.73 0.037
 DELTA 12 (24%) 1.71 0.78, 3.57 0.2

Gender
 Male
28 (14%)
 Female 23 (16%) 1.19 0.65, 2.16 0.6

Race
 White
43 (15%)
 Asian/ Far East/ Indian 6 (22%) 1.56 0.55, 3.89 0.4
 Black/ African American 1 (2.7%) 0.15 0.01, 0.73 0.066
 Other 1 (20%) 1.37 0.07, 9.51 0.8

Hematologic disease
 Acute/Chronic Leukemia
11 (12%)
 Hodgkin Lymphoma 0 (0%) NE >0.9
 Myelodysplastic Syndrome 1 (4.3%) 0.33 0.02, 1.82 0.3
 Myeloproliferative Neoplasm 1 (12%) 1.03 0.05, 6.60 >0.9
 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 21 (23%) 2.09 0.96, 4.79 0.069
 Plasma Cell Neoplasm 17 (14%) 1.16 0.52, 2.69 0.7

Smoking Status 15 (16%) 1.26 0.63, 2.41 0.5

antiCD20 Exposure 0 (0%) NE >0.9

ITK Exposure 0 (0%) NE >0.9

GVHD Immunosuprresants 6 (9.7%) 0.57 0.21, 1.31 0.2

Steroid 16 (22%) 1.92 0.97, 3.66 0.053

Hypogammaglobulinemia 8 (30%) 2.71 1.06, 6.40 0.027

Comorbidity Total
 0
12 (8.2%)
 1 8 (8.1%) 0.99 0.37, 2.49 >0.9
 2+ 31 (31%) 4.98 2.47, 10.7 <0.001

Time from HCT/CART to COVID-19, days (%)
 ≤ 100
9 (30%)
 100 – 180 3 (12%) 0.33 0.07, 1.30 0.13
 181 – 365 7 (16%) 0.45 0.14, 1.39 0.2
 366 – 1095 13 (15%) 0.42 0.16, 1.13 0.079
 ≥ 1096 19 (12%) 0.31 0.12, 0.79 0.011

tixagevimab-cilgavimab exposure 2 (9.5%) 0.60 0.09, 2.14 0.5

Vaccinated 40 (14%) 0.67 0.33, 1.46 0.3

Full/Maintenance treatment 22 (16%) 1.19 0.65, 2.17 0.6
1

n (%); Median (IQR)

2

OR = Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

(NE) Non-Estimable; 0 patients required hospital admission

Auto: autologous stem cell transplantation. Allo: allogeneic stem cell transplantation. ITK: tyrosine-kinase inhibitors, GVHD: graft versus host disease.