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. 2018 Sep 15;68(11):1894–1903. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy792

Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Influenza Respiratory Virus Infection and Influenza Lower–respiratory Tract Disease Progression

Variables Log. Regr. Influenza RTD
(n = 161)
Log. Regr. Influenza Progression to LRTD
(n = 74)
Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI). P Value OR (95% CI) P Value
Type of donor, n (%)
 HLA-identical sibling donor 1 1
 Unrelated donor 1.2 (0.5–2.8) .6 0.6 (0.14–3.6) .5
 Umbilical cord blood 0.8 (0.3–1.99) .7 1.67 (0.41–6.7) .4
 Haploidentical family donor 1.4 (0.6–3.5) .4 0.5 (0.1–2.37) .38
ATG as a part of conditioning 1.06 (0.5–2.2) .9 1.28 (0.38–4.2) .7
GvHD at the time RVI a 1.04 (0.5–1.9) .8 2.24 (0.74–6.76) .15
On IS 1.2 (0.6–2.4) .5 1.4 (0.4–4.9) .59
ALC < 0.5 × 109/L, n (%) 0.53 (0.24–1.2) .12 3.8 (1.04–13.6) .043 ns
ALC < 0.2 × 109/L a 0.57 (0.3–1.2) .16 3.77 (1.04–13.64) .043 NT
ALC < 0.1 × 109/L 0.65 (0.2–2.3) .5 3.1 (0.41–23) .3
ANC < 0.5 × 109/L 0.9 (0.2–3.5) .9 3.1 (0.4–23.8) .2
Age ≥ 40 years a 0.5 (0.28–1.09) .09 NT 16.1 (2.01–129.4) .009 NT
GvHD acute >2 or Chronic Ext 0.6 (0.3–1.2) .2 1..04 (0.31–3.4) .9
T- or B-cell depleted <3 months 1.17 (0.07–19) .9 ns 1
IgG < 4g/L 1.1 (0.5–2.3) .8 0.8 (0.2–3.35) .8
Allo-HSCT ≤6 months 0.7 (0.3–1.5) .4 1.8 (0.52–6.3) .3
Allo-HSCT ≤1 year 1.05 (0.3–3.1) .9
Myeloablative 0.93 (0.37–12.28) .87
Corticosteroids a 1.03 (0.5–1.9) .9 3.35 (1.13–9.8) .028 NT
ISI
 Low risk: 0–2 1 1 1
 Moderate risk: 3–6 0.55 (0.3–1.08) .08 ns 2 (0.6–6.6) .25 2.3 (0.68–8) .17
 High risk: 7–12 0.6 (0.2–2.04) .39 ns 21.6 (1.9–235.7) .01 36 (2.26–575) .011
Basel IG
 Moderate 1 1
 Severe 1.23 (0.6–2.4) .5 ns 0.55 (0.17–1.8) .3
 Very severe 0.4 (0.1–1.01) .052 0.64 (0.4–1.02) .057 1.2 (0.19–7.5) .8
Flu antiviral therapy 1.8 (0.4–7.1) .4
Flu vaccine 0.45 (0.2–0.9) .033 0.39 (0.18–0.8) .013 0.16 (0.02–1.3) .09 0.12 (0.014–1.00) .05

Abbreviations: ALC, absolute lymphocyte count; Allo-HSCT, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; ATG, anti-thymocytic globuline; Basel IG, Basel immunodefciency grading; CI, confidence interval; GvHD, graft-versus-host disease; HLA, human leucocyte antigen; IgG, immunoglobuline G; IS, immunosuppressants; ISI, immunodeficiency score index; Log. Regr., logistical regression model; LRTD, lower–respiratory tract disease; ns, not significant; NT, not tested; OR, odds ratio; RTD, respiratory tract disease; RVI, respiratory virus infection.

aThese variables were not included in the final multivariate models, since they were included in the ISI score.