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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Nov 10;24(3):555–562. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.10.042

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for the total population (N=250) and separated into incident cases (enrollment less than 3 months since chronic GVHD diagnosis) and prevalent (>3 months since chronic GVHD diagnosis)

Total Incident Prevalent

n % n % n %

Median age (yrs), IQR, [range] 250 53
IQR 43-61 [19-79]
148 53
IQR 42-62 [19-79]
102 52
IQR 44-60 [22-74]

Gender
 Males 140 56.0   77 52.0   63 61.8
 Females 110 44.0   71 48.0   39 38.2

Type of transplant
 Myeloablative 114 45.6   65 43.9   49 48.0
 Not myeloablative 136 54.4   83 56.1   53 52.0

Conditioning regimens
Myeloablative 134 53.6   79 53.4   55 53.9
 Busulfan/cyclophosphamide   57 22.8   34 23.0   23 22.6
 Cyclophosphamide/TBI   42 16.8   21 14.2   21 20.6
 Treosulfan/fludarabine +/− TBI   26 10.4   18 12.2     8   7.8
 Other myeloablative regimen     9   3.6     6   4.0     3   2.9
Not myeloablative 116 46.4   69 46.6   47 46.1
 Busulfan/fludarabine     2   0.8     1   0.7     1   1.0
 Fludarabine/TBI 101 40.4   60 40.5   41 40.2
 Other not myeloablative regimen   13   5.2     8   5.4     5   4.9

Type of donor
 Unrelated 150 60.0   93 62.8   57 55.9
 Related   97 38.8   52 35.1   45 44.1
 Cord blood     3   1.2     3   2.0     0

Graft type
 Peripheral blood 227 90.8 134 90.5   93 91.2
 Bone marrow   20   8.0   11   7.4     9   8.8
 Cord blood     3   1.2     3   2.0     0

Type of case
 Incident 148 59.2
 Prevalent 102 40.8

NIH severity at enrollment
 Mild/None   16   6.4   10   6.8     6   5.9
 Moderate 132 52.8   69 46.6   63 61.8
 Severe 102 40.8   69 46.6   33 32.4

Median time from chronic GVHD diagnosis to enrollment (months), IQR [range] 250   1.7
IQR 0-7.8 [-0.1 - 26.6]
148 0
IQR 0-0.9, [-0.1 - 2.8]
102   8.7
IQR 5.3-14.7, [3.1-26.6]

Median time from transplant to last follow-up (years), IQR [range] 250   5.8
IQR 4.0-7.1, [0.4-29]
148   5.3
IQR 4.0-6.7 [0.4-9.8]
102   6.7
IQR 4.1-7.9, [1.1-29]

Median follow up (years), IQR [range]
 All patients 250   4.9
IQR 3.5-6.5, [0.04-9.1]
148   4.6
IQR 3.3-5.9, [0.04-7.9]
102   5.8
IQR 3.7-7.2 [0.6-9.1]
 Survivors 177   5.6
IQR 4.5-6.8, [1.0-9.1]
106   5.1
IQR 4.2-6.4, [1.0-7.9]
  71   6.4
IQR 5.0-7.6, [1.3-9.1]

Abbreviations: IQR, intra-quartile range; TBI, total body irradiation