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. 2006 Feb 21;107(12):4961–4967. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-12-4942

Table 2.

Relative risks of second relapse, treatment failure, and overall mortality

Early relapse (<36 mo)
Late relapse (≥36 mo)
Outcome N1/N2 RR (95% CI) P N1/N2 RR (95% CI) P
Leukemia recurrence
    Chemotherapy 76/110 1.00 < .001* 23/78 1.00 < .001*
    TBI regimen 41/92 0.49 (0.33-0.71) < .001 16/61 0.92 (0.49-1.70) .78
    Non-TBI regimen 15/19 1.33 (0.78-2.25) .29 4/14 2.49 (1.21-5.10) .01
Treatment failure
    Chemotherapy 85/110 1.00 < .001* 32/78 1.00 < .001*
    TBI regimen 50/92 0.55 (0.39-0.79) < .001 24/61 1.10 (0.66-1.84) .70
    Non-TBI regimen 17/19 1.56 (0.92-2.48) .06 9/14 3.11 (1.72-5.62) < .001
Overall mortality
    Chemotherapy 77/110 1.00 < .001* 26/78 1.00 < .001*
    TBI regimen 48/92 0.58 (0.41-0.83) .003 22/61 1.21 (0.70-2.07) .49
    Non-TBI regimen 15/19 1.51 (0.94-2.43) .09 9/14 3.14 (1.68-5.85) < .001

N1 indicates number of events; N2, number evaluable.

*

Two-degree freedom test.