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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Aug 19;61(2):269–275. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24739

TABLE II.

Univariate Analysis of Patient- and Treatment-Related Factors Associated With OS, TRM and RR

OS
TRM
RR
N HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Treatment group
 Poor-risk: chemotherapya 123 1 1 1
 Poor-risk: MRD 55 0.97 0.63–1.51 0.90 1.79 0.66–4.82 0.25 0.74 0.48–1.14 0.17
 Poor-risk: URD 55 0.97 0.62–1.51 0.89 3.77 1.65–8.62 0.002 0.37 0.21–0.64 <0.001
Age at diagnosis
 3–11 yoa 79 1 1 1
 0–2 yo 80 0.86 0.55–1.34 0.49 0.37 0.12–1.18 0.09 1.11 0.71–1.71 0.65
 12–21 yo 74 1.49 0.98–2.27 0.07 1.81 0.83–3.97 0.14 0.98 0.63–1.53 0.93
Race
 Not African Americana 183 1 1 1
 African American 28 2.15 1.34–3.44 0.001 0.82 0.24–2.77 0.75 2.58 1.61–4.12 <0.001
Ethnicity
 Not Hispanica 207 1 1 1
 Hispanic 18 0.72 0.35–1.48 0.38 0.40 0.06–2.83 0.36 0.81 0.40–1.64 0.55
WBC at diagnosis
 <50,000a 199 1 1 1
 ≥50,000 28 1.99 1.23–3.23 0.005 0.53 0.12–2.31 0.39 1.93 1.08–3.46 0.03
Weight category
 Not overweighta 148 1 1 1
 Overweight 27 1.07 0.62–1.87 0.80 1.52 0.56–4.12 0.41 0.83 0.45–1.53 0.55
Cytogenetics: monosomy 7 or del7q
 Negativea 143 1 1 1
 Positive 90 1.01 0.70–1.44 0.98 2.14 1.04–4.39 0.04 0.91 0.62–1.31 0.60
Cytogenetics: complexity ≥5
 Negativea 140 1 1 1
 Positive 93 0.88 0.61–1.27 0.50 0.44 0.19–1.01 0.05 0.98 0.68–1.42 0.92
Time period
1989–1997a 102 1 1 1
1998–2006 131 0.84 0.59–1.20 0.34 0.92 0.45–1.88 0.86 0.84 0.58–1.20 0.34

OS, overall survival; TRM, treatment-related mortality; RR, relapse risk; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; MRD, matched related donor; URD, unrelated donor; yo, years old.

a

Identifies reference group.