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. 2019 Sep 17;9:888. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00888

Table 1.

Associations of confounders with CMV IMD alleles.

CMV+ patient group CMV– patient group
IMD Allele+
n = 75
IMD Allele–
n = 52
P-value IMD Allele+ n = 63 IMD Allele–
n = 26
P-value
Patient median age (years) 59 range 20–77 54 range 19–78 0.065 52 range 19–74 48 range 21–74 0.771
Race <0.001 <0.001
   Caucasian 54 (72%) 19 (36.5%) 59 (94%) 18 (69%)
   AA 16 (21%) 19 (36.5%) 4 (6.0%) 6 (23%)
   Other minority 5 (7%) 14 (27%) 0 (0) 2 (8%)
Paternal recipient 25/75 (33%) 19/52 (37%) 0.710 20/63 (32%) 6/26 (23%) 0.455
Conditioning 0.370 0.053
   MA 40 (53%) 32 (62%) 44 (70%) 12 (46%)
   RIC/NMA 35 (47%) 20 (38%) 19 (30%) 14 (54%)
Disease type 1.00 0.264
   Myeloid 44 (58.5%) 30 (58%) 38 (60%) 12 (46%)
   Lymphoid 29 (38.5%) 21 (40%) 23 (37%) 14 (54%)
   Aplastic Anemia 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 2 (3%) 0 (0)
RDRI 0.115 0.789
   Low 2 (3%) 3 (6%) 3 (5%) 2 (8%)
   Intermediate 38 (52%) 16 (31%) 28 (46%) 11 (42%)
   High 30 (41%) 29 (57%) 29 (47%) 12 (46%)
   Very High 3 (4%) 3 (6%) 1 (2%) 1 (4%)
CMV reactivation first 100 days 60/75 (80%) 41/52 (80%) 0.874 0 0 N/A
Median HCT-CI 3 range 0–7 3 range 0–5 0.263 2 range 0–6 3 range 0–6 0.341
Steroid use first 100 days 0.852 1.00
   Yes 28 (37%) 18 (35%) 26 (41%) 11 (42%)
   No 47 (63%) 34 (65%) 37 (59%) 15 (58%)
Any KIR mismatch 25/75 (33%) 18/52 (35%) 0.52 28/63 (44%) 10/26 (38%) 0.645
Donor B haplotype 50/73 (68%) 30/49 (61%) 0.566 43/63 (68%) 19/26 (73%) 0.801
   Neutral 31 15 24 8
   Better 10 10 15 7
   Best 9 5 4 4
Donor median age 39 range 19–66 39 range 18–67 0.578 44 range 18–68 49 range 24–63 0.332
Donor CMV status 0.470 0.071
   Positive 41 (55%) 32 (62%) 14 (22%) 11 (42%)
   Negative 34 (45%) 20 (38%) 49 (78%) 15 (58%)

AA, African American; KIR, killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor; HCT-CI, hematopoietic cell transplantation-specific comorbidity index; MA, myeloablative; NMA, non-myeloablative; RDRI, revised disease risk index; RIC, reduced intensity conditioning.