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. 2008 Jun 27;112(7):2979–2989. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-03-140830

Table 4.

Results of univariate and multivariate analyses of graft and patient factors influencing aGVHD grades II to IV and cGVHD

Variable Univariate analysis (includes only significant variables)
Multivariate analysis (includes only significant variables)
Favorable in multivariate analysis
Hazard ratio 95% CI P Hazard ratio 95% CI P
aGVHD grades II-IV*
    Date of transplantation
        After January 1, 2001 2.07 0.99-4.35 .05
        Before January 1, 2001 1.000
    ABO match
        Mismatched 1.88 1.14-3.08 .01 1.92 1.17-3.15 < .01 ABO matched
        Matched 1.00 1.00
cGVHD
    CD34, × 105/kg
        More than 2.1 0.54 0.29-1.02 .06 0.43 0.22-0.82 .01 CD34 > 2.1
        2.1 or less 1.00 1.00
    Recipient ethnicity
        Other 2.50 1.19-5.24 .02 3.40 1.6-7.45 .002 White patient
        White 1.00 1.00
    ABO match
        Mismatched 2.09 1.12-3.90 .02 2.36 1.3-4.45 .008 ABO matched
        Matched 1.00 1.00
*

Grades II-IV aGVHD: Variables not found to be statistically significant in univariate analysis include performance status (< 80, ≥ 80), age (> 2 years, < 2 years), recipient sex, unit sex, sex matching (recipient/unit), cryopreserved cell dose × 107/kg (> 9.7, ≤ 9.7), reinfused cell dose × 107/kg (> 7.6, ≤ 7.6), reinfused CD34 × 105/kg (> 2.1, ≤ 2.1), reinfused CFUs × 104/kg (> 5.7, ≤ 5.7), reinfused CD3 × 106/kg (> 14.2, ≤ 14.2), recipient ethnicity, unit ethnicity, ethnicity matching (recipient/unit), HLA match (5/6 and 6/6, 3/6 and 4/6), recipient CMV serostatus, and recipient weight (< 12 kg, ≥ 12 kg).

cGVHD: Variables not found to be statistically significant in univariate analysis include performance status (< 80, ≥ 80), age (> 2 years, < 2 years), recipient sex, unit sex, cryopreserved cell dose × 107/kg (> 9.7, ≤ 9.7), reinfused cell dose × 107/kg (> 7.6, ≤ 7.6), reinfused CFUs × 104/kg (> 5.7, ≤ 5.7), reinfused CD3 × 106/kg (> 14.2, ≤ 14.2), date of transplantation (after 1/1/2001, before 1/1/2001), unit ethnicity, ethnicity matching (recipient/unit), HLA match (5/6 and 6/6, 3/6 and 4/6), recipient CMV serostatus, and recipient weight (< 12 kg, ≥ 12 kg).