Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| BL-ASCT | TS-ASCT | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of patients | 66 | 1114 | |
| Total number of transplants | 70 | 1212 | |
| Age at 1st transplant, years | |||
| Median | 53 | 56 | 0.03 |
| Range | 17–72 | 17–84 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 31 (47%) | 663 (60%) | 0.04 |
| Female | 35 (53%) | 451 (40%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Caucasian | 24 (36%) | 686 (62%) | 0.12 |
| Hispanic | 22 (33%) | 221 (20%) | |
| African American | 15 (23%) | 70 (6%) | |
| Asian | 4 (6%) | 99 (9%) | |
| Other | 1 (2%) | 38 (3%) | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Multiple myeloma | 31 (47%) | 646 (58%) | 0.12 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 17 (26%) | 310 (28%) | |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 13 (19%) | 106 (10%) | |
| Testicular germ cell tumor | 2 (3%) | 25 (2%) | |
| Acute myelogenous leukemia | 1 (2%) | 27 (2%) | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 2 (3%) | 0 | |
| Median follow-up post transplant, months | |||
| After 1st AUTO SCT | 63 | 90 | 0.03 |
p values corresponds to Chi-square, Fisher exact, or Mann–Whitney test