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. 2008 Dec 10;26(35):5728–5734. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.6545

Table A1.

Validation of Final Multivariable Model for Acute GVHD in Acute Leukemia

Variable Grade 2-4 Acute GVHD
Grade 3-4 Acute GVHD
RR 95% CI P RR 95% CI P
For recipients age 18-39 years
    Bone marrow graft 1.0 1.0
    Peripheral blood stem-cell graft 1.45 1.07 to 1.96 .0161 1.98 1.23 to 3.19 .0052
For recipients age 40+ years
    Bone marrow graft 1.0 1.0
    Peripheral blood stem-cell graft 1.15 0.82 to 1.62 .4059 1.68 1.02 to 2.74 .0406
Age for recipients of bone marrow transplants, years
    18-39 1.0 1.0
    40+ 1.30 0.95 to 1.79 .1067 1.58 0.95 to 2.64 .0785
Age for recipients of peripheral-blood stem-cell transplants, years
    18-39 1.0 1.0
    40+ 1.04 0.75 to 1.44 .8369 1.34 0.84 to 2.14 .2182
Race
    Asian/Hispanic 1.0 1.0
    White/Black 1.83 1.29 to 2.59 .0007 1.04 0.65 to 1.66 .8582
Karnofsky performance score at transplant
    90-100 1.0 1.0
    0-80 1.17 0.92 to 1.49 .2073 1.40 0.98 to 2.01 .0647
Conditioning regimen
    BuCy ± other 1.0 1.0
    CyTBI ± other 1.38 1.10 to 1.73 .0054 1.12 0.80 to 1.57 .5182
Recipient-donor cytomegalovirus status
    ≥ 1 positive 1.0 1.0
    Both negative 1.05 0.82 to 1.35 .6906 1.19 0.82 to 1.73 .3494

Abbreviations: GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; RR, relative risk; BuCy ± other, busulfan and cyclophosphamide with or without additional agents; CyTBI ± other, cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation with or without additional agents; CMV, cytomegalovirus.