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Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Oct 17;17(12):1725–1738. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.10.006

Table 3.

Studies of Low Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Following Pediatric HCT*

Reference Number Disease Age at HCT (years) Age at Study (years) F/U Median (range) Z-score Z-score −1 to −2 Z-score <−2
Total body Lumbar
Bhatia et al. 1998 30 10 AML, CML 5.0Mdn (3.0–18.0) 12.0Mdn (4.0–22.0) 2.0 yrsMdn (1.0–10.0) −0.5Mdn (−2.0 to 1.0) NR NR NR
Nysom et al. 2000 31 25 ALL, AML, CML, NHL 11.3Mdn (5.7–17.6) 17.2Mdn (11.3–26.5) 7.5 yrsMdn (3.6–12.6) −0.5M −0.5M NR NR
Daniels et al. 2003 32 15 Varied NR 15.2M (9.4–17.7) 6.3 yrsM (1.0–12.2) −0.7 to −0.9M −0.7 to −0.9M NR NR
Kaste et al. 2004 33 43 Varied 10.3Mdn (1.6–20.4) 15.8Mdn (4.4–27.2) 5.1 yrsMdn (1.0–10.2) NR −0.9Mdn,^ (−3.3 to 2.3) 26% 21%
Petryk et al. 2006 29 21 Varied 10.2M (5.1–17.9) 10.2M (5.1–17.9) ≤1.0 yrs NR −0.9M (−2.9 to 1.1) 33% 19%
Perkins et al. 2007 34 17 ALL, AML 1.7M (0.6–3.0) 13.2M (3.8–23.8) 11.6 yrsM (3.3–22.3) NR −0.3M (−2.4 to 2.0) 18% 6%
Carpenter et al. 2007 35 66 ALL, others (1.1–17.9) (2.0–18.2) NR NR −3.6 to −2.5Mdn (−5.2 to −0.9) NR NR
*

Studies without data on lumbar and/or total body BMD were excluded

ALL Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

AML Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia

CML Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

MDS Myelodysplastic Syndrome

NHL Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

^ by QCT

Mmean

Mdnmedian

NR Not Reported