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. 2010 Jul 12;28(23):3730–3738. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.28.8852

Table 4.

Multivariate Analysis for 3-Year Survival

Variable by Disease No. of Patients Death Outcome
P*
Relative Risk 95% CI
AML
    Disease status at transplantation Poverall < .001
        Primary induction failure 636 1.00
        Duration of first CR ≤ 6 months 514 1.26 1.06 to 1.51 .01
        Duration of first CR > 6 months 414 0.83 0.69 to 0.99 .0401
        Duration of first CR unknown 100 0.92 0.68 to 1.24 .5987
    Blasts in blood at transplantation Poverall < .001
        Absent 749 1.00
        Present 673 1.48 1.28 to 1.72 .0000
        Missing/negative 242 1.27 0.98 to 1.64 .0753
    Donor-recipient HLA match Poverall < .001
        HLA-identical sibling 544 1.00
        Other related 117 2.21 1.51 to 3.23 .0000*
        Well-matched unrelated 354 1.25 1.02 to 1.54 .0279
        Partially matched unrelated 419 1.15 0.96 to 1.38 .1426
        Mismatched unrelated 230 1.46 1.15 to 1.84 .0017
    Karnofsky or Lansky score Poverall < .001
        < 90 754 1.00
        90-100 832 0.65 0.56 to 0.76 .0000
        Missing 78 0.58 0.42 to 0.81 .0012
    Cytogenetics* Poverall = .0226
        Good 117
        Intermediate 981 1.13 0.86 to 1.50 .3791
        Poor 272 1.47 1.06 to 2.04 .0225
        Unknown 294 1.37 1.00 to 1.89 .0528
ALL
    Disease status at transplantation Poverall = .0003
        Primary induction failure 144 1.00
        First untreated relapse 67 1.34 0.83 to 2.15 .2312
        First refractory relapse 251 2.10 1.43 to 3.09 .0002
        Second and additinoal relapse 111 2.58 1.53 to 4.34 .0004
    Blasts in marrow at transplantation, % Poverall = .0014
        < 25 277 1.00
        ≥ 25 211 1.75 1.18 to 2.58 .0053
        Missing 94 2.21 1.34 to 3.66 .0020
    Donor/recipient CMV status Poverall = .0058
        −/− 151 1.00
        +/− 76 1.66 0.99 to 2.80 .0555
        −/+ 145 1.06 0.73 to 1.53 .7718
        +/+ 192 2.28 1.43 to 3.63 .0005
        Missing 18 0.95 0.43 to 2.10 .9039
    Age, years Poverall < .001
        < 1-9 55 1.00
        10-19 102 1.76 1.03 to 3.02 .0403
        20-29 146 1.75 1.06 to 2.91 .0296
        30-39 127 1.57 0.95 to 2.60 .0769
        40-49 105 4.75 2.37 to 9.53 < .001
        50-59 46 1.46 0.79 to 2.70 .2309

Abbreviations: AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CR, complete remission; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CMV, cytomegalovirus.

*

P shown overall and as pairwise comparisons with reference group.

Pairwise comparison: duration of first CR < 6 months v > 6 months (P < .001).

Reference group.