Table 5.
Correlation between types of HSCT (auto- and allo-) and time (pre-HSCT to the ninth month post-HSCT).
| a. GEE with gamma distribution, identity binding function with first order autoregressive correlation matrix | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Wald test | df | p | |||
| Type of HSCT | 18.304 | 2 | <0.001 | |||
| Time | 15.911 | 1 | <0.001 | |||
| Type of HSCT and time | 0.007 | 1 | 0.932 | |||
| b. Bonferroni multiple comparisons | ||||||
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95% CI |
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| Correlation between the variables | Mean | SE | df | p | Under | Upper |
| Healthy individuals—pre-auto-HSCT patient | 796.06 | 184.63 | 1 | <0.001 | 277.79 | 1,314.33 |
| Healthy individuals—post-auto-HSCT patient | 538.32 | 206.54 | 1 | 0.092 | −41.45 | 1,118.1 |
| Healthy individuals—pre-allo-HSCT patient | 681.96 | 186.94 | 1 | 0.003 | 157.21 | 1,206.71 |
| Healthy individuals—post-allo-HSCT patient | 435 | 206.03 | 1 | 0.347 | −143.33 | 1,013.32 |
| Pre-auto-HSCT patient—post-auto-HSCT patient | 257.74 | 90.0 | 1 | 0.042 | −510.37 | −5.11 |
| Pre-auto-HSCT patient—pre-allo-HSCT patient | 114.1 | 43.29 | 1 | 0.084 | −235.63 | 7.43 |
| Pre-auto-HSCT patient—post-allo-HSCT patient | 361.06 | 96.82 | 1 | 0.002 | −632.85 | −89.28 |
| Post-auto-HSCT patient—pre-allo-HSCT patient | 143.63 | 102.2 | 1 | 0.999 | −143.25 | 430.52 |
| Post-auto-HSCT patient—post-allo-HSCT patient | 103.33 | 133.96 | 1 | 0.999 | −479.36 | 272.71 |
| Pre-allo-HSCT patient—post-allo-HSCT patient | 246.96 | 88.93 | 1 | 0.055 | −496.60 | 2.67 |
allo-HSCT, allogeneic HSCT; auto-HSCT, autologous HSCT; df, degrees of freedom; GEE, generalized estimating equation; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.