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. 2006 Feb 23;107(12):4628–4635. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-11-4370

Table 2.

Risk factors for MDS/AML and death from sepsis in patients with SCN in the SCNIR

MDS/AML
Death from sepsis
Factor* Group RH (95% CI) P RH (95% CI) P
G-CSF at 6 mo
    6 μg/kg/d or more vs less than 6 μg/kg/d 2 2.5 (1.2-5.2) .008 2.0 (0.7-5.5) .180
    8 μg/kg/d or more vs less than 8 μg/kg/d 2 1.9 (1.0-3.7) .036 2.9 (1.0-8.1) .029
    Per doubling§ 2 1.22 (1.03-1.44) .024 1.31 (1.02-1.69) .039
ANC at 6-18 mo
    Less than 2188/μL vs at least 2188/μL 5 2.3 (1.2-4.7) .016 3.4 (0.9-12.9) .056
    Per halving 5 1.25 (1.00-1.56) .058 1.55 (1.17-2.05) .006
G-CSF at 6 mo, and ANC at 6-18 mo
    A: 8 μg/kg/d or more, and ANC less than 2188/μL 5 4.5 (1.5-13.4) .008 3.8 (0.79-18.3) .094
    B: Less than 8 μg/kg/d, and ANC less than 2188/μL 5 1.7 (0.5-6.4) .422 0.6 (0.05-6.9) .689
    C: 8 μg/kg/d or more and ANC of at least 2188/μL 5 1.7 (0.5-5.5) .402 0.5 (0.04-5.1) .525
    D: Less than 8 μg/kg/d, and ANC of at least 2188/μL 5 1.0 (Referent) NA 1.0 (Referent) NA
    A: 8 μg/kg/d or more and ANC below 2188/μL, vs B-D: other 5 3.1 (1.5-6.1) .002 5.6 (1.7-18.7) .004
ANC before treatment
    Less than 138 cells/μL vs 138 cells/μL or more 3 0.9 (0.5-1.6) .627 2.3 (0.75-7.25) .123
    Per halving 3 0.96 (0.79-1.16) .648 1.27 (0.92-1.74) .145

RH indicates relative hazard; NA, not available.

See Table 1 for a summary of follow-up data by group.

*

Cut-points for dose of G-CSF and ANC values were defined by the group-specific medians.

RHs and 95% CIs estimated using Cox proportional hazards models.

P values for likelihood ratio tests (factors G-CSF at 6 mo; ANC at 6-18 mo; and ANC before treatment) or Wald tests (contrasting levels in factor G-CSF at 6 mo and ANC at 6-18 mo).

§

A model with log2 G-CSF dose was fitted; the RH per doubling is the RH corresponding to a 1-unit increase of G-CSF dose on the log2 scale or a doubling of a G-CSF dose on the absolute scale.

Models with log2 ANC values were fitted; the RH per halving is the RH corresponding to a 1-unit decrease of G-CSF dose on the log2 scale or a halving of G-CSF dose on the absolute scale.