Table 2. Comparison of recipient and graft demographics in 125 patients with no or low HHV-6 viremia versus high level HHV-6 viremia.
| Characteristics | No or Low Level Viremia (< 10,000 copies/mL, n = 74) | High Level Viremia (≥ 10,000 copies/mL, n = 51) | P value |
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| Median age | 42 years (range 1-69) | 43 years (range 1-64) | 0.89 |
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| Median weight | 70 kg (range 8-104) | 65 kg (range 10-125) | 0.13 |
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| Diagnosis, N (%) | |||
| Acute leukemia, MDS, CML (n = 79) | 41 (52%) | 38 (48%) | 0.05 |
| Lymphoma inc. CLL (n = 46) | 33 (72%) | 13 (28%) | |
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| Conditioning, N (%) | |||
| TBI-based myeloablative (n = 78) | 44 (56%) | 34 (44%) | 0.26 |
| Chemo-based myeloablative (n = 16) | 8 (50%) | 8 (50%) | |
| Non-myeloablative (n = 31) | 22 (71%) | 9 (29%) | |
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| Median unit-recipient HLA-match* | |||
| A, -B antigen, -DRB1 allele | 5/6 (range 4-6/6) | 5/6 (range 4-6/6) | 0.55 |
| 10 allele | 6/10 (range 2-9/10) | 6/10 (range 3-9/10) | 0.13 |
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| Median dose | |||
| Infused TNC × 107/kg* | 2.0 (range 1.2-11.3) | 2.2 (range 1.4-10.7) | 0.08 |
| Infused CD34+ × 105/kg* | 1.0 (range 0.1-4.8) | 0.9 (range 0.2-3.7) | 0.57 |
Unit dominant in engraftment.
N indicates number; kg, kilogram; AML, acute myelogenous leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; chemo, chemotherapy; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; TNC, total nucleated cell dose.