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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2024 Feb 21;59(5):680–687. doi: 10.1038/s41409-024-02245-y

Table 2.

Comparison of the involved cGVHD organ systems between classic cGVHD and ocGVHD at the time of initial presentation (Table 2A) and at maximum severity of cGVHD (Table 2B).

classic cGVHD, no. (%) ocGVHD, no. (%) p-value*
Number of patients with cGVHD subtype (% of patients with cGVHD subtype compared to total number with cGVHD) 57 (62%) 35 (38%)
Table 2A: At time of presentation
Skin 21 (37) 30 (86) <0.001a
 Grade 1 10 (18) 10 (29)
 Grade 2 6 (11) 10 (29)
 Grade 3 5 (9) 10 (29)
Mouth 47 (82) 28 (80) 0.79b
Eyes 22 (39) 16 (46) 0.52b
GI 14 (25) 19 (54) 0.002a
 Grade 1 7 (12) 9 (26)
 Grade 2 7 (12) 3 (9)
 Grade 3 0 (0) 7 (20)
Liver 22 (39) 12 (34) 0.94a
 Grade 1 9 (16) 5 (14)
 Grade 2 12 (21) 1 (3)
 Grade 3 1 (2) 6 (17)
Lungs 5 (9) 0 (0) 0.15b
Fascia 5 (9) 1 (3) 0.40b
GU 2 (4) 1 (3) >0.99b
Other 23 (40) 12 (34) 0.66b
Table 2B. At Maximum Severity
Skin 22 (39) 32 (91) <0.001a
 Grade 1 11 (19) 10 (29)
 Grade 2 6 (11) 11 (31)
 Grade 3 5 (9) 11 (31)
Mouth 48 (84) 29 (83) >0.99b
Eyes 28 (49) 18 (51) >0.99b
GI 19 (33) 21 (60) 0.005a
 Grade 1 10 (18) 10 (29)
 Grade 2 9 (16) 2 (6)
 Grade 3 0 (0) 9 (26)
Liver 22 (39) 14 (40) 0.73a
 Grade 1 8 (14) 6 (17)
 Grade 2 12 (21) 2 (6)
 Grade 3 2 (4) 6 (17)
Lungs 9 (16) 1 (3) 0.08b
Fascia 8 (14) 1 (3) 0.15b
GU 4 (7) 2 (6) >0.99b
Other 24 (42) 14 (40) >0.99b
*

All p-values reported are nominal p-values with no adjustment for multiplicity of testing.

a

Kruskal-Wallis test by ranks on the distributions of the ordered grades of cGVHD organ involvement.

b

Fisher’s exact test on whether or not there was cGVHD involvement for specified organ system.