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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 May 17;46(2):285–290. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2010.113

TABLE 4.

Cause of Death by Tobacco Use Status Among Deceased HSCT Recipients (N=101)

Cause of Death Never
(N=46)
Previous
(N=36)
Current
(N=19)
N % N % N %
Relapsed/Progressive Disease 26 (57%) 19 (53%) 9 (47%)
Non-relapse Mortality
 Respiratory 3 (7%) 7 (19%) 5 (26%)
 Other Organ Toxicity 11 (24%) 4 (11%) 3 (16%)
 Acute Graft Versus Host Disease 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (5%)
 Infections* 5 (11%) 3 (8%) 1 (5%)
 Neurological** 0 (0%) 1 (3%) 0 (0%)
 Secondary Malignancy 0 (0%) 1 (3%) 0 (0%)
Graft Rejection or Failure*** 0 (0%) 1 (3%) 0 (0%)
*

Infection is recorded as cause of death only in the context of positive culture.

**

Neurological cause of death is recorded in the context of acute neurological event (e.g., intracranial bleed).

***

Rejection is defined as loss of all donor chimerism. If concurrent with relapse, relapse is recorded as cause of death.