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. 2005 Feb 8;105(11):4215–4222. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0035

Table 5.

Relative risk of late mortality among 2-year survivors of autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation

Death from any cause
Death related to relapse
Death not related to relapse
Variables Relative risk (95% CI) P Relative risk (95% CI) P Relative risk (95% CI) P
Age at transplantation, y
   Less than 18 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   18 to 45 1.04 (0.63-1.71) .9 0.77 (0.41-1.44) .4 1.20 (0.58-2.49) .6
   More than 45 1.99 (1.17-3.38) .01 1.89 (0.96-3.69) .06 1.79 (0.83-3.89) .1
Sex
   Males 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Females 1.04 (0.80-1.35) .8 1.11 (0.79-1.59) .5 0.94 (0.64-1.39) .8
Race/ethnicity
   White 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Hispanic 0.71 (0.44-1.04) .2 0.56 (0.29-1.06) .08 0.68 (0.34-1.36) .2
   Other 0.78 (0.44-1.38) .4 0.47 (0.19-1.16) .1 1.1 (0.53-2.20) .8
Diagnosis
   Acute myeloid leukemia 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Hodgkin disease 3.29 (1.96-5.55) < .001 3.58 (1.82-7.04) < .001 1.66 (0.71-3.88) .2
   Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2.13 (1.32-3.42) .002 2.08 (1.1-3.97) .03 1.79 (0.88-3.64) .1
   Acute lymphoma leukemia 3.39 (1.81-6.35) < .001 6.45 (2.85-14.59) < .001 1.06 (0.38-2.96) .9
Stem cell source
   Bone marrow 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Peripheral blood stem cells 1.27 (0.89-1.81) .2 0.84 (0.55-1.29) .4 2.44 (1.46-4.08) < .001
   BM + PBSCs 1.3 (0.81-1.97) .3 1.18 (0.68-2.04) .6 1.58 (0.78-3.18) .2
Conditioning
   Cyclophosphamide: no 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Cyclophosphamide: yes 1.51 (0.68-3.37) .3 0.98 (0.39-2.44) .9 4.35 (0.59-31.86) .2
   Total body irradiation: no 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Total body irradiation: yes 0.57 (0.42-0.77) < .001 0.61 (0.40-0.91) .02 1.16 (0.45-3.03) .8
   Etoposide: no 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Etoposide: yes 0.52 (0.35-0.76) .008 0.67 (0.40-1.10) .1 0.43 (0.24-0.75) .003
   Busulfan: no 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Busulfan: yes 0.54 (0.19-1.56) .3 0.77 (0.19-3.24) .7 0.59 (0.18-1.98) .4
   Carmustine: no 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   Carmustine: yes 1.09 (0.50-2.35) .8 0.62 (0.25-1.58) .3 2.27 (1.42-3.64) < .001
Risk of relapse at HCT
   Standard risk 1.0 na 1.0 na 1.0 na
   High risk 1.39 (1.05-1.83) .02 1.43 (1.0-2.07) .05 1.41 (0.94-2.10) .1

95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval; na, not applicable.