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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct 17;16(1):53–61. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.08.016

TABLE 4.

RISK OF FIVE-YEAR NON-RELAPSE MORTALITY AS A FUNCTION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION PARAMETERS

PFT
parameter
N Unadjusted HR
(95% CI)
P-value Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
P-value
LFS category 1855
      0 816 Referent Referent
      1 839 1.47 (1.17 – 1.85) 0.001 1.37 (1.08 – 1.75) 0.011
      2 182 3.38 (2.53 – 4.53) < 0.0005 3.02 (2.11 – 4.33) < 0.0005
      3 18 7.80 (4.15 – 14.68) < 0.0005 8.56 (4.54 – 16.14) < 0.0005
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005
FEV1 1999
   ≥ 80% 1451 Referent Referent
   70–79% 327 1.76 (1.38 – 2.24) < 0.0005 1.56 (1.19 – 2.06) 0.002
   60–69% 139 2.33 (1.68 – 3.25) < 0.0005 2.57 (1.75 – 3.76) < 0.0005
   < 60% 82 5.79 (4.28 – 7.85) < 0.0005 4.88 (3.19 – 7.47) < 0.0005
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005
FVC 1999
   ≥ 80% 1612 Referent Referent
   70–79% 339 2.37 (1.84 – 3.04) < 0.0005 2.26 (1.72 – 2.97) < 0.0005
   60–69% 100 2.74 (1.96 – 3.85) < 0.0005 2.76 (1.84 – 4.15) < 0.0005
   < 60% 48 6.65 (4.54 – 9.76) < 0.0005 7.79 (5.00 – 12.14) < 0.0005
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005
TLC 1870
   ≥ 80% 1650 Referent Referent
   70–79% 159 2.42 (1.80 – 3.24) < 0.0005 2.18 (1.56 – 3.04) < 0.0005
   60–69% 46 4.28 (2.79 – 6.56) < 0.0005 4.03 (2.65 – 6.12) < 0.0005
   < 60% 15 2.47 (1.02 – 6.02) 0.046 3.42 (1.42 – 8.23) 0.006
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005
DLCO 1856
   ≥ 80% 945 Referent Referent
   70–79% 397 0.99 (0.74 – 1.33) 0.966 1.05 (0.78 – 1.42) 0.745
   60–69% 305 2.04 (1.57 – 2.66) < 0.0005 1.88 (1.38 – 2.57) < 0.0005
   < 60% 209 2.59 (1.96 – 3.43) < 0.0005 2.58 (1.86 – 3.57) < 0.0005
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005

Adjusted for age, sex, disease risk, conditioning regimen, HLA status, acute GVHD grade, CMV status of donor and patient and pre-HCT lung function. Results do not include patients who had recurrent malignancy before pulmonary function was evaluated.