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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacotherapy. 2010 Jun;30(6):554–561. doi: 10.1592/phco.30.6.554

Table 1.

Patient Demographics

N (%)
Demographic Characteristic (N=35)
Age, mean years (SD) 42.5 (±13.8)
Male 22 (63%)
Caucasian 31 (89%)
Underlying malignancy
 AML 17 (49%)
 MDS 4 (11%)
 CML 4 (11%)
 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 3 (9%)
 ALL 2 (6%)
 Othera 5 (14%)
CMV serologies (donor / recipient)
 Positive or negative / positive 29 (83%)
 Positive / negative 2 (6%)
 Negative / negative 4 (11%)
Allogeneic HSCT 35 (100%)
 Unrelated donor 21 (60%)
 HLA Matched 24 (69%)
 Peripheral Blood HSCT 19 (54%)
Conditioning regimen
 Cyclophosphamide / Single-dose TBI (550cGy) 23 (65%)
 Busulfan / Cyclophosphamide 6 (17%)
 Fractionated TBI / Cyclophosphamide 3 (9%)
 Other 3 (9%)
Graft versus host disease 25 (71%)
 Skin 23 (66%)
 Gastrointestinal 11 (31%)
 Hepatic 5 (14%)
Steroid use, mean days (SD) 39 (±20)
Charlson Comorbidity Index at HSCT, median (range)b 2.5 (2–5)

SD – Standard deviation; AML – Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; MDS – Myelodysplastic Syndrome; CML – Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; ALL – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; CMV – Cytomegalovirus; HSCT – Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant; HLA – Human Leukocyte Antigen; TBI – Total Body Irradiation

a

Other malignancies included aplastic anemia, prolymphocytic leukemia, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma

b

Age was not scored, as it was evaluated as a separate factor