Skip to main content
. 2013 Sep 16;31(30):3782–3790. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.47.4007

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis of Mortality, PFS, and Acute GvHD

Variable Mortality
PFS
Grade II-IV Acute GvHD
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Donor KIR2DL1 .0004 .0013 .62
    CC 1 1 1
    RC 0.42 0.25 to 0.71 .0013 0.48 0.28 to 0.82 .0075 1.12 0.46 to 2.75 .8
    RR 0.4 0.25 to 0.64 .0001 0.42 0.26 to 0.68 .0003 0.89 0.38 to 2.06 .78
Donor KIR haplotype .92 .34 .16
    Cen A/A 1 1 1
    Cen A/B 1.03 0.72 to 1.47 .87 1.11 0.76 to 1.61 .59 1.28 0.75 to 2.2 .36
    Cen B/B 1.08 0.74 to 1.56 .69 1.33 0.9 to 1.95 .15 1.68 0.98 to 2.88 .057
Age, years
    < 10 1 1 1
    > 10 1.33 0.99 to 1.8 .06 1.17 0.85 to 1.59 .33 1.5 0.97 to 2.31 .067
Sex
    Female 1 1 1
    Male 0.95 0.7 to 1.29 .74 1.04 0.76 to 1.43 .79 1 0.64 to 1.56 .99
Race .054 .11 .048
    Black 1 1 1
    Other 0.66 0.38 to 1.14 .14 0.61 0.34 to 1.08 .092 1.18 0.51 to 2.74 .69
    White 1.14 0.77 to 1.69 .51 1.01 0.67 to 1.52 .98 1.99 1.02 to 3.87 .044
Primary diseases .0001 .0064
    Nonmalignant 1 1
    Hematologic malignancy 2.32 1.4 to 3.84 .0011 1 1.4 0.75 to 2.61 .29
    Solid tumors 4.26 2.26 to 8.01 .0001 1.67 1.07 to 2.6 .024 3.27 1.46 to 7.31 .0039
Hematologic malignancies
    ALL 1 1 1
    AML 1.04 0.71 to 1.52 .85 1.07 0.73 to 1.56 .72 1.17 0.66 to 2.06 .59
Malignant diseases status .7 .079 .39
    CR1 1 1 1
    CR2 1.31 0.82 to 2.11 .26 1.38 0.87 to 2.21 .17 0.64 0.3 to 1.41 .27
    CR3/CR4 1.09 0.51 to 2.35 .82 1.32 0.64 to 2.74 .45 0.55 0.13 to 2.34 .42
    Refractory/progressive 1.2 0.82 to 1.76 .35 1.67 1.13 to 2.46 .01 1.1 0.66 to 1.83 .7
Conditioning type
    Non-TBI 1 1 1
    TBI based 1.06 0.78 to 1.43 .7 0.78 0.57 to 1.07 .13 0.89 0.58 to 1.37 .59
Conditioning intensity
    Nonmyeloablative 1 1 1
    Myeloablative 0.61 0.44 to 0.85 .0034 0.57 0.41 to 0.8 .001 0.52 0.33 to 0.82 .0052
Donor type .19 .26 .61
    Haploidentical 1 1 1
    Sibling 0.71 0.49 to 1.03 .069 0.75 0.51 to 1.1 .14 0.9 0.53 to 1.55 .71
    Unrelated 0.9 0.64 to 1.27 .56 0.79 0.55 to 1.14 .21 1.19 0.72 to 1.95 .5
T cell depleted
    No 1 1 1
    Yes 1.38 1.02 to 1.86 .034 1.29 0.95 to 1.76 .1 1.18 0.77 to 1.81 .45
Donor CMV status .19 .57 .23
    Negative 1 1 1
    Positive 1.26 0.93 to 1.71 .13 1.17 0.85 to 1.6 .33 1.45 0.92 to 2.28 .11
    Unknown 0.72 0.29 to 1.78 .48 0.88 0.32 to 2.42 .81 1.71 0.6 to 4.85 .31

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CC, KIR2DL1-C245 homozygous; Cen, centromeric; CMV, cytomegalovirus; GvHD, graft-versus-host disease; HR, hazard ratio; KIR, killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors; PFS, progression-free survival; RC, KIR2DL1-R245/C245 heterozygous; RR, KIR2DL1-R245 homozygous; TBI, total-body irradiation.