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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul 18;23(11):2004–2011. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.07.012

Table 2: Multivariate Model.

Association of risk of death or non-relapsed mortality when controlling for change in busulfan dose based on 1st dose pharmacokinetics, and toxicities that were significant based on a univariate analysis. Separate multivariate models were fit to each toxicity.

Risk of death* Risk of NRM*
HR (95% CI ) P-value HR (95% CI ) P-value
Cardiovascular 1.47 (0.81 to 2.67) 0.201 2.66 (1.23 to 5.77) 0.013
Age 1.03 (0.99 to 1.07) 0.093 1.01 (0.96 to 1.05) 0.73
Busulfan Change No change (reference) (reference)
Decrease 2.59 (1.25 to 5.36) 0.01 2.99 (1.27 to 7.06) 0.012
Increase 0.89 (0.45 to 1.75) 0.736 0.5 (0.19 to 1.33) 0.164
HCT-CI 0 (reference) (reference)
1–2 1.53 (0.53 to 4.39) 0.43 1.01 (0.24 to 4.2) 0.988
>=3 2.34 (0.88 to 6.2) 0.087 1.83 (0.52 to 6.48) 0.348
Hepatic 4.97 (1.52 to 16.21) 0.008
Age 1.04 (1 to 1.08) 0.036
Busulfan Change No change (reference)
Decrease 2.71 (1.31 to 5.6) 0.007
Increase 1.02 (0.52 to 2.01) 0.952
HCT-CI 0 (reference)
1–2 1.61 (0.56 to 4.64) 0.378
>=3 2.57 (0.98 to 6.73) 0.054
Hematologic 2.96 (1.63 to 5.35) <0.001 7.58 (3.14 to 18.27) <0.001
Age 1.05 (1.01 to 1.08) 0.014 1.03 (0.99 to 1.08) 0.146
Busulfan Change No change (reference) (reference)
Decrease 2.36 (1.14 to 4.88) 0.021 2.5 (1.06 to 5.91) 0.037
Increase 0.94 (0.48 to 1.86) 0.867 0.55 (0.2 to 1.46) 0.229
HCT-CI 0 (reference) (reference)
1–2 1.91 (0.66 to 5.48) 0.231 1.61 (0.39 to 6.68) 0.514
>=3 2.87 (1.09 to 7.57) 0.033 2.67 (0.76 to 9.39) 0.126
Neurologic 2.38 (1.22 to 4.64) 0.011 5.75 (2.52 to 13.13) <0.001
Age 1.03 (0.99 to 1.06) 0.141 0.99 (0.95 to 1.04) 0.795
Busulfan Change No change (reference) (reference)
Decrease 2.25 (1.07 to 4.72) 0.032 2.1 (0.86 to 5.12) 0.103
Increase 0.86 (0.44 to 1.69) 0.66 0.45 (0.16 to 1.22) 0.114
HCT-CI 0 (reference) (reference)
1–2 1.46 (0.51 to 4.2) 0.486 1.04 (0.25 to 4.33) 0.96
>=3 2.29 (0.87 to 6.04) 0.093 1.94 (0.55 to 6.79) 0.301
Pulmonary 2.99 (1.65 to 5.41) <0.001 6.4 (2.96 to 13.82) <0.001
Age 1.03 (0.99 to 1.07) 0.117 1.01 (0.96 to 1.05) 0.729
Busulfan Change No change (reference) (reference)
Decrease 2.2 (1.06 to 4.57) 0.034 2.18 (0.92 to 5.17) 0.076
Increase 0.88 (0.45 to 1.74) 0.717 0.52 (0.19 to 1.38) 0.189
HCT-CI 0 (reference) (reference)
1–2 1.56 (0.54 to 4.45) 0.409 1.07 (0.26 to 4.39) 0.93
>=3 2.51 (0.95 to 6.6) 0.062 2.05 (0.59 to 7.17) 0.26
Renal 2.49 (1.14 to 5.48) 0.023 3.73 (1.48 to 9.4) 0.005
Age 1.03 (1 to 1.07) 0.08 1.01 (0.97 to 1.06) 0.641
Busulfan Change No change (reference) (reference)
Decrease 2.18 (1.04 to 4.58) 0.039 2.19 (0.91 to 5.29) 0.082
Increase 1.03 (0.52 to 2.06) 0.924 0.65 (0.24 to 1.77) 0.398
HCT-CI 0 (reference) (reference)
1–2 1.64 (0.57 to 4.69) 0.355 1.26 (0.31 to 5.19) 0.748
>=3 2.2 (0.82 to 5.85) 0.116 1.8 (0.5 to 6.43) 0.366
*

within the first year. HCT-CI, HCT-CI, hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index