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. 2012 Apr 26;120(4):748–760. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-11-389569

Table 2.

Number of days with grade 2 or higher bleeding by age group, overall, and within disease treatment category

Outcome P for interaction between age group and disease treatment category 0-5 y 6-12 y 13-18 y ≥ 19 y Total P for overall comparison of the 4 age groups Significant pairwise comparisons*
No. of patients 66 69 65 1072 1272
No. of days with bleeding of grade 2 or higher, all patients, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) < .001 3 (1, 6.5) 3 (1, 6) 3 (0, 9.5) 1 (0, 4) 1 (0, 4) < .001 C, E, F
    Unknown, n 6 13 13 115 147
No. of days with bleeding of grade 2 or higher, within disease treatment category
    Autologous or syngeneic stem cell transplantation, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) 4 (2, 7) 2 (1, 8) 2 (1, 8) 0 (0, 1) 1 (0, 2) < .001 C, E, F
        Unknown, n 3 1 2 31 37
    Allogeneic stem cell transplantation, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) 3 (1, 6.5) 3.5 (1.5, 6) 5 (2, 17) 2 (0, 5) 2 (1, 6) .002 E, F
        Unknown, n 3 5 8 47 63
    Chemotherapy without HSCT for hematologic malignancy, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 1) 0 (0, 3) 2 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) .30
        Unknown, n 0 6 2 37 45
    Chemotherapy without HSCT for solid tumor, median (quartile 1, quartile 3) 2 (0, 3) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 2) .20
        Unknown, n 0 1 1 0 2
*

A: 0-5 years vs 6-12 years; B: 0-5 years vs 13-18 years; C: 0-5 years vs ≥ 19 years; D: 6-12 years vs 13-18 years; E: 6-12 years vs ≥ 19 years; F: 13-18 years vs ≥ 19 years.