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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Apr;66(4):1044–1052. doi: 10.1002/art.38293

Table 3.

Chronic GVHD characteristics at enrollment*

Joint/fascia manifestations at enrollment
N Present
(n = 164)
N Absent
(n = 403)
P
NIH joint/fascia score, median
(IQR)
164 1 (1-2) 403 0 (0-0) NA
Hopkins fascia score, median (IQR) 164 1 (0-1) 403 0 (0-0) < .001
P-ROM total score, median (IQR) 98 23 (21-24) 231 25 (25-25) < .001
Other site involvement, no. (%)
 Skin 164 123 (75) 403 226 (56) < 0.001
 Skin sclerosis 164 86 (52) 403 38 (9) < 0.001
 Eye 164 87 (53) 403 189 (47) 0.18
 Mouth 164 78 (48) 403 263 (65) < 0.001
 Liver 161 69 (43) 402 221 (55) 0.01
 Gastrointestinal tract 164 54 (33) 403 123 (31) 0.58
 Lung 164 79 (48) 403 210 (52) 0.40
 Genital tract 147 21 (14) 376 35 (9) 0.10
NIH global score, no. (%) 164 403 < 0.001
 Mild 4 (2) 49 (12)
 Moderate 82 (50) 211 (53)
 Severe 78 (48) 143 (35)
Symptom measure, median (IQR)
 Lee muscle/joint subscale 145 7 (4-11) 336 3 (1-6) < 0.001
 Lee overall symptom score 145 24.3 (14.4-33.8) 338 18.7 (11-28.6) < 0.001
 10-point overall global rating 141 4 (3-6) 328 3.5 (2-5) < 0.001
QOL measures, median (IQR)
 FACT-G 139 76 (62-87) 322 81 (69-90.3) 0.003
 SF36-MCS 137 47 (38-55.2) 317 51 (40.8-55.9) 0.06
 SF36-PCS 137 37 (31.1-43.5) 317 40 (32.2-47.9) 0.002
Physical function measures, median
(IQR)
 HAP-MAS 140 73 (61-82) 326 73 (62-82) 0.74
 HAP-AAS 140 63 (51-74) 326 62 (48-73) 0.57
 Walk test (feet) 139 482 (415-568) 341 500 (404-575) 0.84
 Grip test (lb) 157 55.8 (40-81.7) 377 61 (42.3-79.7) 0.71
*

IQR = interquartile range; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NA = not applicable; QOL = quality of life; FACT-G = Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; SF36 = hort Form 36; MCS = mental component score; PCS = physical component score; HAP = Human Activities Profile; MAS = maximum activity score; AAS = adjusted activity score.

Two-sample t-test or Chi-square test of independence.