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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Oct 23;53(2):193–198. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.238

Table 5.

Logistic regression model of corticosteroid therapy change

Variables OR 95% CI P value
Univariate Model
TBBx + 2.22 1.01 4.86 0.05
BAL + 0.58 0.24 1.42 0.23
 Interactiona 0.71
Clinical:
Male 1.62 0.72 3.61 0.24
Age 1.00 0.97 1.03 0.86
Allogenicb 1.19 0.46 3.11 0.72
Reduced intensity conditioningc 0.71 0.29 1.75 0.46
GVHDd 1.25 0.58 2.70 0.57
Platelet count 1.0 0.99 1.00 0.95
Neutrophil count 0.99 0.89 1.09 0.81
Pulmonary Physiology:
FVCe 0.74 0.59 0.94 0.01
FEV1e 0.91 0.77 1.07 0.25
DLCOe 0.79 0.62 1.01 0.06
Radiology:
Diffuse air space disease 2.70 1.11 6.55 0.03
Diffuse Nodules 0.32 0.13 0.83 0.02
Bronchoscopy:
Antibiotic therapy prior to TBBxf 2.77 1.26 6.12 0.01
Antibiotic prior in daysg 1.01 0.96 1.06 0.73
No. of antibiotic prior to TBBxh 1.55 1.15 2.10 <0.01
No. of TBBx per procedure 1.10 0.79 1.52 0.57
Time from HSCT to TBBxi 0.83 0.71 0.97 0.02
Multivariate Model (AUC=0.81) OR 95% CI P value
TBBx + 3.12 1.18 8.23 0.02
BAL+ 0.76 0.26 2.19 0.61
No. of antibiotic prior to TBBx 1.83 1.21 2.75 <0.01
FVCe 0.62 0.47 0.82 <0.001
Time from HSCT to TBBxi 0.85 0.71 1.02 0.08
a

Interaction btw BAL+ and TBBx+ OR=odds ratio

b

vs autologous

c

vs myeloablative conditioning

d

acute and/or chronic

e

per 10% increase in % predicted measure

f

antibiotics prior to procedure, yes vs no

g

per increase by 1

h

per increase by 1

i

per 100 days

Certain CT radiological features are not depicted with p>0.1