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. 2010 Feb 1;115(15):3162–3165. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-08-236943

Table 1.

Patient and transplantation characteristics

Donor KIR genotype
P*
KIR3DS1 present, % KIR3DS1 absent, %
No. of patients 362 (33) 725 (67)
Disease .38
    AML 90 (25) 216 (30)
    MDS 54 (15) 100 (14)
    Chronic myelogenous leukemia 138 (38) 252 (35)
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 80 (22) 157 (22)
Median age, y (range) 37.5 (0.8-60.8) 35.3 (0.6-65.9) .19
Disease status .38
    Early 94 (26) 187 (26)
    Intermediate 185 (47) 345 (45)
    Advanced 83 (23) 193 (27)
HLA match .70
    10/10 219 (60) 451 (62)
    9/10; B-mismatch 27 (7) 59 (8)
    9/10; C-mismatch 116 (32) 215 (30)
GVHD prophylaxis .78
    Cyclosporine A 252 (70) 499 (69)
    Non–cyclosporine A 42 (12) 78 (11)
    T-cell depletion 68 (19) 148 (20)
Patient/donor sex .86
    Male/male 144 (40) 279 (38)
    Male/female 58 (16) 127 (18)
    Female/male 89 (25) 186 (26)
    Female/female 71 (20) 133 (18)
Patient/donor ethnicity .51
    White 332 (92) 673 (93)
    Nonwhite 30 (8) 52 (17)
Graft type .91
    Bone marrow 350 (97) 700 (97)
    Peripheral blood 12 (3) 25 (3)
CMV serostatus .75
    Donor+/recipient+ 67 (19) 116 (16)
    Donor+/recipient 103 (28) 212 (29)
    Donor/recipient 130 (36) 271 (37)
    Donor/recipient+ 59 (16) 123 (17)
    Missing 3 (1) 3 (< 1)

AML indicates acute myeloid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; and CMV, cytomegalovirus.

*

P values by χ2 test, except for age (2-sample t test).