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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Haematol. 2019 Sep 5;6(11):e585–e596. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(19)30154-1

Table 3.

Risk factors for acute and chronic GVHD

Events / Evaluable Hazard Ratio (95% confidence interval) P-value
Grade II-IV acute GVHD
Age
<1 – 12 years 46/446 1⋅00
13 – 49 years 49/377 1⋅39 (0⋅89 – 2⋅18) 0⋅14
Regimen intensity 0⋅0062
Nonmyeloablative 7/171 1⋅00
Myeloablative 51/440 4⋅14 (1⋅68 – 10⋅22) 0⋅0020
Reduced intensity 37/212 4⋅43 (1⋅73 – 11⋅35) 0⋅0019
Donor type <0⋅0001
HLA-matched sibling 32/513 1⋅00
Haploidentical related 11/126 2⋅27 (1⋅08 – 4⋅77) 0⋅03
HLA-matched unrelated 23/97 3⋅84 (2⋅22 – 6⋅63) <0≥0001
HLA-mismatched unrelated 29/87 6⋅14 (3⋅66 – 10⋅28) <0⋅0001
Graft type
Bone marrow 58/565 1⋅00 0⋅37
Peripheral blood 15/163 0⋅98 (0⋅50 – 1⋅91) 0⋅95
Umbilical cord blood 22/95 1⋅61 (0⋅81 – 3⋅20) 0⋅18
HCT comorbidity index
0-2 65/564 1⋅00
≥ 3 30/259 0⋅94 (0⋅59 – 1⋅49) 0⋅79
Performance score
≤ 80 22/149 1⋅00
90 – 100 72/658 0⋅71 (0⋅42 –1⋅19) 0⋅19
Recipient CMV serology
Negative 45/411 1⋅00
Positive 50/412 1⋅19 (0⋅79 – 1⋅80) 0⋅39
Sex
Male 45/439 1⋅00
Female 50/384 1⋅16 (0⋅77 – 1⋅76) 0⋅47
Transplant period
2008 – 2012 24/285 1⋅00
2013 – 2017 71/538 1⋅74 (1⋅06 – 2⋅84) 0⋅028
Chronic GVHD
Age
<1 – 12 years 98/491 1⋅00
13 – 49 years 92/419 1⋅46 (1⋅06 – 2⋅00) 0⋅019
Regimen intensity <0⋅0001
Nonmyeloablative 17/181 1⋅00
Myeloablative 97/478 2⋅82 (1⋅51 – 5⋅27) 0⋅0012
Reduced intensity 76/250 4⋅00 (2⋅11 – 7⋅55) <0⋅0001
Donor type 0⋅017
HLA-matched sibling 101/557 1⋅00
Haploidentical related 22/137 1⋅75 (0⋅55 – 3⋅11) 0⋅055
HLA-matched unrelated 37/111 1⋅70 (1⋅14 – 2⋅54) 0⋅0087
HLA-mismatched unrelated 30/104 1⋅59 (0⋅95 – 2⋅67) 0⋅08
Graft type
Bone marrow 146/630 1⋅00 0⋅09
Peripheral blood 20/177 0⋅55 (0⋅32 – 0⋅94) 0⋅028
Umbilical cord blood 24/102 0⋅84 (0⋅49 – 1⋅46) 0⋅54
HCT comorbidity index
0-2 135/637 1⋅00
≥ 3 55/272 1⋅13 (0⋅81 – 1⋅57) 0⋅47
Performance score
≤ 80 34/160 1⋅00
90 – 100 152/731 0⋅86 (0⋅57 –1⋅28) 0⋅44
Recipient CMV serology
Negative 93/454 1⋅00
Positive 97/455 1⋅05 (0⋅79 – 1⋅40) 0⋅74
Sex
Male 89/488 1⋅00
Female 101/421 1⋅32 (0⋅99 – 1⋅77) 0⋅06
Transplant period
2008 – 2012 76/327 1.00
2013 – 2017 114/583 1.07 (0.79 – 1.46) 0.65

Abbreviation:

GVHD = graft versus-host disease

HCT = hematopoietic cell transplant

CMV = cytomegalovirus