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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 5.

RISK OF DEVELOPING CHRONIC GVHD WITHIN 1 YEAR AS A FUNCTION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION PARAMETERS

PFT
parameter
N Unadjusted HR
(95% CI)
P-value Adjusted HR*
(95% CI)
P-value
LFS category 1373
      0 619 Referent Referent
      1 621 1.04 (0.88 – 1.24) 0.623 1.01 (0.84 – 1.22) 0.902
      2 123 1.38 (1.02 – 1.86) 0.035 1.40 (1.00 – 1.95) 0.048
      3 10 2.93 (1.00 – 8.55) 0.049 3.11 (1.09 – 8.89) 0.035
Trend = 0.037 Trend = 0.072
FEV1 1477
   ≥ 80% 1090 Referent Referent
   70–79% 227 1.26 (1.01 – 1.57) 0.038 1.23 (0.97 – 1.56) 0.086
   60–69% 106 1.48 (1.10 – 2.01) 0.010 1.50 (1.06 – 2.13) 0.023
   < 60% 54 2.02 (1.34 – 3.05) 0.001 2.23 (1.43 – 3.47) <0.0005
Trend <0.0005 Trend <0.0005
FVC 1477
   ≥ 80% 1205 Referent Referent
   70–79% 168 1.21 (0.94 – 1.56) 0.135 1.19 (0.91 – 1.56) 0.212
   60–69% 71 1.27 (0.86 – 1.88) 0.230 1.29 (0.83 – 2.00) 0.253
   < 60% 33 2.39 (1.48 – 3.86) < 0.0005 2.49 (1.46 – 4.24) 0.001
Trend = 0.001 Trend = 0.002
TLC 1381
   ≥ 80% 1220 Referent Referent
   70–79% 117 0.92 (0.66 – 1.29) 0.631 0.97 (0.69 – 1.37) 0.880
   60–69% 34 1.31 (0.74 – 2.32) 0.357 1.58 (0.88 – 2.82) 0.124
   < 60% 9 0.87 (0.26 – 2.88) 0.824 1.22 (0.31 – 4.76) 0.772
Trend = 0.851 Trend = 0.343
DLCO 1375
   ≥ 80% 704 Referent Referent
   70–79% 307 0.96 (0.78 – 1.17) 0.661 0.97 (0.78 – 1.19) 0.751
   60–69% 228 0.96 (0.75 – 1.23) 0.767 0.96 (0.73 – 1.25) 0.746
   < 60% 135 1.23 (0.93 – 1.62) 0.156 1.22 (0.90 – 1.66) 0.206
Trend = 0.431 Trend = 0.499
*

Adjusted for age, sex, disease risk, condition regimen, diagnosis of acute GVHD and pre-HCT lung function. Results do not include patients who had recurrent malignancy before pulmonary function was evaluated or patients diagnosed with chronic GVHD before or within one week of pulmonary function testing.