Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of all patients (n =159) with allo-HSCT.
| Male sex | 94 (59.1) |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 47.8 (±12.7) |
| Underlying hematologic disease | |
| Leukaemia | 82 (51.6) |
| Lymphoma | 34 (21.4) |
| Myelodysplastic syndrome | 26 (16.4) |
| Multiple myeloma | 8 (5) |
| Other pathologies | 9 (5.7) |
| Type of allo-HSCT | |
| Peripheral blood | 151 (95) |
| Bone marrow | 6 (3.8) |
| Umbilical cord | 2 (1.3) |
| Median (IQR) days of neutropenia (< 500 cells x 109/L) | 16 (12 – 20) |
| Patients with neutropenia (< 500 cells x 109/L) during > 10 days | 130 (81.8) |
Results are expressed in n (%) unless otherwise stated. Allo-HSCT: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation