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. 2018 May 8;2(9):1022–1031. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017013052

Table 4.

GVHD outcomes

aGVHD 2-4 aGVHD 3-4
aGVHD variable n RR 99% CI P n RR 99% CI P
Donor group (main effect)
 Parous sibling 880 1.00 880 1.00
 Male unrelated 1908 1.56 1.31-1.85 <.0001 1908 1.27 0.98-1.64 .016
GVHD prophylaxis .002 .0002
 Tac + MTX 1094 1.00 1094 1.00
 Tac + MTX + others 202 1.12 0.65-1.18 .258 202 1.12 0.72-1.74 .502
 Tac ± others 480 1.11 0.84-1.28 .632 480 1.11 0.80-1.53 .410
 CsA + MTX 583 0.92 0.80-1.23 .960 583 0.92 0.66-1.28 .500
 CsA ± others 315 1.75 1.09-1.72 .0001 315 1.75 1.26-2.43 <.0001
 Others 112 1.20 0.91-1.86 .062 112 1.20 0.69-2.10 .389
Graft source
 BM 578 1.00
 PB 2213 1.32 1.08-1.61 .0003
All donor/recipient pairs Male recipients only
cGVHD variable n RR 99% CI P n RR 99% CI P
Donor/recipient pair (main effect) <.0001
 Parous sibling to female 405 1.00
 Parous sibling to male 474 1.39 1.09-1.78 .001 474 1.00
 Male unrelated to female 799 1.43 1.14-1.80 <.0001
 Male unrelated to male 1099 1.52 1.22-1.89 <.0001 1099 1.09 0.90-1.32 .231
Year of transplant .002 ns
 2000-2003 564 1.00
 2004-2008 1471 1.06 0.88-1.29 .381
 2009-2012 742 0.86 0.70-1.06 .064
Graft source
 BM 574 1 327 1.00
 PB 2203 1.73 1.43-2.08 <.0001 1246 1.56 1.23-2.08 <.0001

CI, confidence interval; parous sibling, parous sibling donor; PB, peripheral blood; ns, not significant.