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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2017 Feb 13;92(4):331–337. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24632

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analysis for risk of relapse and progression-free survival

Univariate analysis
Characteristic Risk of relapse Progression-free survival
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Age (>50 years versus ≤50 years) 1.1 0.7-1.8 0.6 0.94 0.6-1.4 0.7

Karnofsky performance status (>80% versus ≤80%) 0.7 0.45-1.2 0.2 0.5 0.3-0.7 <0.001

FLT3 status at time of transplant (positive versus negative) 5.1 3.1-8.5 <0.001 4.4 2.96-6.7 <0.001

Hematopoietic cell transplant–comorbidity index score (≥4 versus 0/1) 1.5 0.9-2.7 0.1 1.8 1.2-2.9 0.009

Disease status at transplant
        CR2 versus CR1 0.7 0.2-2.2 0.5 1.5 0.7-2.96 0.3
        CR-HR versus CR1 4.3 2.2-8 <0.001 3.9 2.3-6.6 <0.001
        Active morphologic disease versus CR1 6.5 3.7-11 <0.001 5.9 3.7-9.3 <0.001

Donor source
        Matched unrelated versus matched related 1.6 0.9-2.8 0.09 1.6 1.0-2.6 0.04
        Mismatched unrelated versus matched related 1.2 0.5-2.9 0.6 1.9 0.97-3.5 0.06
        Haploidentical versus matched related 0.5 0.1-2.2 0.4 0.9 0.4-2.5 0.9
        Cord blood versus matched related 1.9 0.9-4.2 0.1 2.2 1.2-4.3 0.01

Graft source, excluding cord blood (peripheral blood versus bone marrow) 0.9 0.6-1.5 0.7 0.8 0.6-1.3 0.4

FLT3 mutation type (ITD versus TKD mutation at 835) 2.5 1.0-6.3 0.05 1.99 1.0-3.9 0.05

Conditioning intensity (reduced intensity versus myeloablative) 1.1 0.6-2.0 0.8 1.2 0.7-1.9 0.5
Multivariate analysis
Characteristic Risk of relapse Progression-free survival
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
CR-HR and FLT3 negative 2.9 1.2-7.2 0.02 NS

CR-HR and FLT3 positive 7.5 3.4-17 <0.001 7.2 3.7-14 <0.001

Active morphologic disease present at time of transplant 7 3.9-12 <0.001 4.5 2.8-7.1 <0.001

Karnofsky performance status ≤80 2.1 1.4-3.3 <0.001

Hematopoietic cell transplant–comorbidity index score ≥4 1.6 0.99-2.6 0.05

Unrelated donor 1.7 0.98-2.8 0.06 1.6 0.99-2.4 0.05

HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; CR1: first complete remission; CR2: second complete remission; CR-HR: high-risk complete remission; ITD: internal tandem duplication; TKD: tyrosine kinase domain; NS: not significant