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. 2020 Jul 9;123(6):912–918. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-0967-7

Table 3.

Risk of neutropenia in cycles 1–2 by clinical characteristics.

Patient characteristics, N (%) No neutropenia (n = 41) Any grade neutropenia (n = 155) Odds ratio (95% CI) p Value Grade 0–2 NTP (n = 129) Grade 3–4 NTP (n = 67) Odds ratio (95% CI) p Value
Age in years
    <50 13 (32%) 47 (30%) 0.9855 38 (29%) 22 (33%) 0.6806
    50–69 21 (51%) 81 (52%) 1.07 (0.48–2.33) 70 (54%) 32 (48%) 0.79 (0.40–1.55)
    ≥70 7 (17%) 27 (18%) 1.07 (0.38–3.00) 21 (16%) 13 (19%) 1.07 (0.45–2.55)
Sex
    Male 26 (63%) 61 (39%) 0.0059 68 (53%) 19 (28%) 0.001
    Female 15 (37%) 94 (61%) 2.67 (1.48–3.71) 61 (47%) 48 (72%) 2.82 (1.49–5.31)
Race
    Black 1 (2%) 11 (7%) 0.4263 7 (5%) 5 (7%) 0.2264
    White 36 (88%) 133 (86%) 0.33 (0.04–2.69) 115 (90%) 54 (81%) 0.66 (0.20–2.1)
    Other 4 (10%) 11 (7%) 0.25 (0.02–2.61) 7 (5%) 8 (12%) 1.60 (0.35–7.40)
BMIa
    <Median 16 (40%) 80 (52%) 0.1768 59 (46%) 37 (56%) 0.188
    ≥Median 24 (60%) 74 (48%) 0.62 (0.30–1.25) 69 (54%) 29 (44%) 0.67 (0.37–1.22)
ECOG performance status
    0 18 (44%) 104 (67%) 0.0072 76 (59%) 46 (67%) 0.1791
    1 23 (56%) 51 (33%) 0.38 (0.19–0.77) 53 (41%) 21 (31%) 0.65 (0.35–1.22)
# Prior lines of therapy
    0 6 (15%) 18 (12%) 0.5859 17 (13%) 7 (11%) 0.4799
    1 9 (22%) 43 (28%) 1.59 (0.49–5.13) 37 (29%) 15 (22%) 0.98 (0.34–2.86)
    2 8 (19%) 19 (12%) 0.79 (0.22–2.73) 19 (15%) 8 (12%) 1.02 (0.31–3.42)
    ≥3 18 (44%) 75 (48%) 1.39 (0.48–4.00) 56 (43%) 37 (55%) 1.60 (0.61–4.25)
Immediate prior line chemotherapy
    No 30 (73%) 91 (59%) 0.0843 79 (61%) 42 (63%) 0.8432
    Yes 11 (27%) 64 (41%) 1.91 (0.90–4.11) 50 (39%) 25 (37%) 0.94 (0.51–1.73)
Baseline ANC
    <Median 4 (10%) 90 (58%) <0.0001 44 (34%) 50 (75%) <0.0001
    ≥Median 37 (90%) 65 (42%) 0.08 (0.03–0.23) 85 (66%) 17 (25%) 0.18 (0.09–0.34)
Trial
    Basket Trial 32 (78%) 105 (68%) 0.1906 87 (67%) 50 (75%) 0.2942
    Sarcoma Trial 9 (22%) 50 (32%) 1.69 (0.75–3.82) 42 (33%) 17 (25%) 0.70 (0.36–1.37)
Breast cancer
    No 36 (88%) 99 (64%) 0.0017 99 (77%) 36 (53%) 0.0011
    Yes 5 (12%) 56 (36%) 4.07 (1.51–10.97) 30 (23%) 31 (46%) 2.84 (1.51–5.34)

ANC absolute neutrophil count, BMI body mass index, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, NTP neutropenia.

aHeight missing from two patients (one patient with no NTP, one with grade 3 NTP).