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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Mar 1;16(8):1155–1161. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.02.024

Table 2.

Other factors associated with risk of infections

Any Infection

Variable Relative Mean number of
Infections (95% CI)
p- value
Donor Age, years
    50 and older 1.00 0.05§
    40 – 49 0.88 (0.60 – 1.27)
    30 – 39 0.84 (0.59 – 1.19) 0.48*
    20 – 29 0.64 (0.45 – 0.91) 0.32*
0.01*

Donor/Recipient sex match 0.03§
    Female/Female 1.00
    Male/Male 1.25 (0.93 – 1.68) 0.13*
    Female/Male 1.10 (0.80 – 1.51) 0.54*
    Male/Female 0.80 (0.56 – 1.14) 0.21*

Donor/Recipient CMV Serostatus 0.0005§
    Positive/Positive 1.00
    Positive/Negative 0.91 (0.64 – 1.29) 0.59*
    Negative/Positive 1.48 (1.08 – 2.00) 0.01*
    Negative/Negative 0.89 (0.61 – 1.30) 0.56*

Bacterial Infections

Variable Ratio of Mean number of
Infections* (95% CI)
p- value

HLA Match < 0.0001§
    Well Matched 1.00
    Partially Matched 1.65 (1.22 – 2.23) 0.001*
    Mismatched 2.24 (1.59 – 3.13) 0.0001*

Graft Type 0.0007
    PBSC 1.00
    Marrow 0.61 (0.46 – 0.81)

Viral Infections

Variable Ratio of Mean number of
Infections* (95% CI)
p- value

Donor/Recipient sex match
    Female/Female 1.00
    Male/Male 5.11 (1.78 – 14.42) 0.002*
    Female/Male 3.31 (1.08 – 9.98) 0.03*
    Male/Female 2.84 (0.90 – 8.80) 0.07*

Donor/Recipient CMV Serostatus
    Positive/Positive 1.00
    Positive/Negative 1.13 (0.46 – 2.73) 0.79*
    Negative/Positive 2.14 (1.03 – 4.40) 0.04*
    Negative/Negative 0.30 (0.10 – 0.92) 0.04*
§

p-value of overall test

*

Compared to the reference group rate 1.0