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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2016 Oct 1;2(10):1277–1286. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0855

Table 3.

Risk Factors Associated With Frailty Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Survivorsa

Characteristics Analysis, OR (95% CI)
Univariable P Value Multivariable P Value
Age at study participation, y
 18–39 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 40–64 1.20 (0.8–1.9) .44 0.93 (0.5–1.6) .81
Sex
 Females 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Males 0.96 (0.6–1.5) .89 0.83 (0.5–1.4) .47
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Other 1.42 (0.8–2.4) .19 NA NA
Education
 ≥College graduate 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 <College graduate 1.91 (1.2–3.1) .009 2.37 (1.4–4.1) .002
Chronic health conditions
 Grades 0/2 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Grades 3/4 2.06 (1.3–3.4) .005 2.05 (1.1–3.8) .02
Annual household income, $
 ≥20 000 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 <20 000 2.67 (1.6–4.6) <.001 2.01 (1.1–3.8) .03
 Income unknown 2.56 (1.2–5.3) .01 3.28 (1.4–7.6) .006
Health insurance
 No insurance 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 With insurance 1.29 (0.5–3.3) .59 NA NA
Conditioning regimens
 Non-TBI containing regimens 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 TBI-containing regimens 1.53 (0.8–2.8) .16 NA NA
Primary diagnosis
 SAA 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 AML+ALL 2.46 (0.6–10.6) .23 1.64 (0.3–8.7) .53
 HL+NHL 1.63 (0.4–7.3) .52 2.64 (0.5–14.3) .26
 CML 3.36 (0.8–14.6) .11 1.76 (0.4–8.5) .48
 MM 4.93 (1.0–25.9) .06 6.38 (1.0–41.7) .05
 Other 1.02 (0.1–7.5) .98 1.67 (0.2–14.5) .64
Type of HCT and presence of chronic GvHD
 Autologous HCT 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Allogeneic HCT + no chronic GvHD 0.97 (0.5–2.1) .93 1.49 (0.6–3.9) .43
 Allogeneic HCT + resolved chronic GvHD 1.71 (0.8–3.6) .16 2.70 (1.1–6.9) .04
 Allogeneic HCT + active chronic GvHD 10.04 (5.6–18.1) <.001 15.02 (6.6–34.3) <.001
Time since HCT, y
 2–4 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 5–9 0.91 (0.5–1.5) .70 0.96 (0.5–1.7) .89
 ≥10 0.5 (0.3–1.0) .051 0.72 (0.3–1.5) .39

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphoid leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; GvHD, graft vs host disease; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; MM, multiple myeloma; NA, not applicable NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; OR, odds ratio; SAA, severe aplastic anemia; TBI, total body irradiation.

a

The goodness of fit for the model had a C statistic, 0.82 (95%CI, 0.77–0.87).