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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct 4;54(4):616–619. doi: 10.1038/s41409-018-0346-7

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

cGVHD Subjects (n=8) Subject Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Summary*
Demographics & Age 55 52 40 28 72 59 47 47 50 [45 - 56]
Race C C C C C C C C 100% Caucasian
Gender M M M F M M M F 25% Female
BMI 24 24 27 14 32 17 23 34 24 [21-28]
Disease Characteristics# Disease Histology AL MD MD MD AL AL LD AL 50% AL
38% MD
12% LD
0% Other
Transplant Characteristics$ Transplant Source BM PB PB PB PB PB PB BM 75% PB
0% CB
25% BM
cGVHD Characteristics at Study Entry NIH Score BSA Involvement >50% >50% 19 - 50% >50% 19 - 50% >50% 1-18% 19 - 50% 1% No BSA involved
12% 1-18%BSA
38% 19-50%BSA
50% >50%BSA
NIH Score Skin Feature% DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS 0% No sclerotic features
0% SS
100% DS
Myoton Stiffness measurements by Sites (N/m)^ Shin L 878 1012 631 1318 892 1123 1621 1853 1067 [888 - 1394]
Shin R 726 1555 544 1050 696 1126 1129 1924 1088 [718 - 1235]
Dorsal Forearm L 674 436 512 1438 426 400 758 800 593 [433 - 769]
Dorsal Forearm R 898 451 593 1140 439 388 781 1247 687 [448 - 959]
Upper Arm L 488 330 297 462 493 530 529 337 475 [336 - 502]
Upper Arm R 412 331 368 415 514 581 468 351 414 [363 - 479]
Shoulder L 399 790 480 491 598 1093 725 346 544 [460 - 741]
Shoulder R 471 1191 627 798 555 591 938 397 609 [534 - 833]
Chest L 456 332 362 391 649 1088 350 - 391 [356 - 552]
Chest R 361 353 318 1479 484 1348 334 - 361 [344 - 916]
Abdomen L 312 274 179 152 261 380 258 215 260 [206 - 284]
Abdomen R 381 287 194 131 253 402 275 239 264 [228 - 310]
Calf L 878 1084 383 867 878 1210 971 808 878 [852 - 999]
Calf R 754 1769 390 820 657 1222 967 782 801 [729 - 1031]
Upper Back L - 491 682 1388 677 1574 700 - 691 [678 - 1216]
Upper Back R - 547 548 918 754 958 653 - 704 [575 - 877]
Lower Back L - 307 563 261 - 448 328 228 318 [273 - 418]
Lower Back R - 287 457 516 - 457 336 219 396 [299 - 457]
Control Subjects (n=10) Subject Number 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Summary*
Demographics& Age 66 68 28 49 23 28 35 25 26 22 28 [25-46]
Race C C AA A C A A AA C A 40% Calucasian
Gender M M M F M F M M M F 30% Female
BMI 31 24 29 22 22 18 25 22 29 19 23 [22-28]
Myoton Stiffness measurements by Sites (N/m) Shin L 639 660 494 524 525 652 541 1102 686 627 632 [529-658]
Shin R 759 627 604 468 550 623 645 998 916 598 625 [600-731]
Dorsal Forearm L 459 330 364 377 381 471 328 392 572 480 386 [367-468]
Dorsal Forearm R 438 420 350 403 439 502 401 363 566 390 411 [393-439]
Upper Arm L 444 338 285 280 239 328 326 381 367 480 333 [295-377]
Upper Arm R 429 399 301 327 309 359 288 366 315 375 343 [310-372]
Shoulder L 586 520 404 1127 179 364 366 329 397 375 386 [364-491]
Shoulder R 540 457 347 834 329 309 326 326 279 249 328 [313-429]
Chest L 419 470 322 303 243 314 192 268 206 436 309 [249-395]
Chest R 399 538 277 343 282 327 217 314 237 342 320 [278-342]
Abdomen L 234 351 159 194 163 242 202 189 202 296 202 [190-240]
Abdomen R 234 332 169 169 187 241 193 191 199 257 196 [188-239]
Calf L 483 574 375 384 398 328 372 412 637 326 391 [372-465]
Calf R 561 728 425 411 388 332 314 363 673 253 400 [340-527]
Upper Back L 463 684 490 416 359 394 359 526 329 258 405 [359-483]
Upper Back R 559 692 496 566 428 478 389 414 396 271 453 [401-543]
Lower Back L 409 362 249 244 158 195 243 279 214 193 243 [200-271]
Lower Back R 311 271 262 292 159 206 236 197 199 183 221 [198-269]
*

Values are shown as Median [IQR] for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.

&

Demographics: C: Caucasian, , A: Asian, AA: African American, M: Male, F: Female

#

Disease characteristics: AL: Acute Leukemia, MD: Myeloid Disorder (Multiple Myeloma was included in lymphoid disorders), LD: Lymphoid Disorder

$

Transplant Characteristics: PB: Peripheral Blood, CB: Core Blood, BM: Bone Marrow

%

NIH Score Skin Feature: SS: Superficial sclerotic feature, DS: Deep and other sclerotic feature

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Only 7 cGVHD patients were measured on the chest and 6 were measured on upper and lower back for patient comfort considerations.

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Sites affected with sclerotic cGVHD are in bold