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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Aug 29;22(2):248–257. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.08.024

Table B.

Multivariate analysis of relapse for MDS, by monosomal karyotype

Relative Risk P-value
Main effect:
 Normal 237 1.00a Poverall < 0.001
 MK positive 219 2.39 (1.74–3.29) < 0.001
 Other unfavorable 416 1.50 (1.11–2.04) 0.009
 Intermediate 606 1.12 (0.84–1.51) 0.44
 Favorable 97 1.19 (0.76–1.86) 0.44
Other significant covariates:
Age at transplant by conditioning intensity, years
 0–20 MA 132 1.00a Poverall < 0.001
 21–40 MA 210 1.04 (0.66–1.63) 0.88
 41–60 MA 512 1.79 (1.20–2.67) 0.004
 41–60 RIC/NMA 277 2.66 (1.69–4.18) < 0.001
 61–64 RIC/NMA 158 2.29 (1.40–3.75) 0.001
 > 64 RIC/NMA 113 3.21 (1.89–5.43) < 0.001
 Others 173 1.88 (1.17–3.01) 0.008
Karnofsky score
 90–100% 1032 1.00a Poverall = 0.04
 < 90% 476 1.27 (1.04–1.54) 0.02
 Missing 67 1.28 (0.85–1.92) 0.24
Conditioning regimen classification
 TBI + Cy +- others 233 1.00a Poverall < 0.001
 TBI +- others 150 0.84 (0.56–1.27) 0.41
 Bu + Cy +- others 506 0.86 (0.64–1.15) 0.30
 Bu + Flud +- others 446 1.02 (0.74–1.40) 0.90
 Flud + Mel +- others 153 0.37 (0.23–0.59) < 0.001
 Other conditioning regimen 87 1.29 (0.83–2.00) 0.27
Graft type
 Bone marrow 439 1.00a
 Peripheral blood 1136 0.70 (0.56–0.87) 0.002
ATG/Alemtuzumab for conditioning or GVHD prophylaxis
 ATG alone 447 1.00a Poverall = 0.005
 Alemtuzumab alone 54 1.76 (1.15–2.69) 0.009
 No ATG or Alemtuzumab 1074 0.89 (0.72–1.09) 0.25
Planned GM or GCSF (12 days)b
 No 876 1.00a
 Yes 699 0.79 (0.66–0.95) 0.01
Disease status at transplant
 Early 642 1.00a
 Advanced 933 1.75 (1.44–2.12) < 0.001

Contrast
 Main effect MK positive vs. other unfavorable 1.59 (1.21–2.09) < 0.001
 Main effect MK positive vs. intermediate 2.13 (1.64–2.76) < 0.001
 Main effect MK positive vs. favorable 2.01 (1.32–3.06) 0.001
 Main effect other unfavorable vs. intermediate 1.34 (1.06–1.69) 0.01
 Main effect other unfavorable vs. favorable 1.26 (0.84–1.90) 0.27
 Main effect intermediate vs. favorable 0.94 (0.63–1.41) 0.78
 Age 21–40 MA vs. 41–60 MA 0.58 (0.41–0.81) 0.001
 Age 21–40 MA vs. 41–60 RIC/NMA 0.39 (0.26–0.58) < 0.001
 Age 21–40 MA vs. 61–64 RIC/NMA 0.45 (0.29–0.70) < 0.001
 Age 21–40 MA vs. > 64 RIC/NMA 0.32 (0.20–0.52) < 0.001
 Age 21–40 MA vs. others 0.55 (0.36–0.84) 0.005
 Age 41–60 MA vs. 41–60 RIC/NMA 0.67 (0.51–0.90) 0.007
 Age 41–60 MA vs. 61–64 RIC/NMA 0.78 (0.56–1.10) 0.16
 Age 41–60 MA vs. > 64 RIC/NMA 0.56 (0.38–0.82) 0.003
 Age 41–60 MA vs. others 0.95 (0.69–1.32) 0.77
 Age 41–60 RIC/NMA vs. 61–64 RIC/NMA 1.16 (0.83–1.62) 0.37
 Age 41–60 RIC/NMA vs. > 64 RIC/NMA 0.83 (0.57–1.20) 0.32
 Age 41–60 RIC/NMA vs. others 1.42 (1.00–2.00) 0.05
 Age 61–64 RIC/NMA vs. > 64 RIC/NMA 0.71 (0.47–1.08) 0.11
 Age 61–64 RIC/NMA vs. others 1.22 (0.82–1.81) 0.33
 Age > 64 RIC/NMA vs. others 1.71 (1.12–2.61) 0.01
 Karnofsky score < 90% vs. missing 0.99 (0.65–1.51) 0.97
 Conditioning TBI +- others vs. Bu + Cy +- others 0.98 (0.67–1.42) 0.91
 Conditioning TBI +- others vs. Bu + Flud +- others 0.82 (0.58–1.16) 0.26
 Conditioning TBI +- others vs. Flud + Mel +- others 2.28 (1.43–3.63) < 0.001
 Conditioning TBI +- others vs. other 0.65 (0.42–1.01) 0.06
 Conditioning Bu + Cy +- others vs. Bu + Flud +- others 0.84 (0.65–1.09) 0.19
 Conditioning Bu + Cy +- others vs. Flud + Mel +- others 2.33 (1.49–3.63) < 0.001
 Conditioning Bu + Cy +- others vs. other 0.67 (0.44–1.00) 0.05
 Conditioning Bu + Flud +- others vs. Flud+Mel+- others 2.77 (1.85–4.16) < 0.001
 Conditioning Bu + Flud +- others vs. other 0.79 (0.55–1.15) 0.22
 Conditioning Flud + Mel +- others vs. other 0.29 (0.17–0.47) < 0.001
 Alemtuzumab alone vs. No ATG or Alemtuzumab 1.98 (1.31–3.01) 0.001
a

Reference group

b

GF within 7d: RR=0.82, p<0.001