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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Oct 21;127(4):609–618. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33232

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Variable All diagnoses N (%) Hematologic malignancies N (%)
Number of patients 18,544 17,793
Number of transplant centers 170 167
Male 10,707 (58) 10,290 (58)
Age, median (years, range) 55 (18–83) 56 (18–83)
Recipient race
 White 15,732 (85) 15,205 (85)
 Black/African American 1,398 (8) 1,250 (7)
 Asian 721 (4) 685 (4)
 Others/ Unknown 696 (3) 653 (4)
Karnofsky Score at transplant, 70–100 17,961 (97) 17,253 (97)
Positive recipient CMV status 11,790 (64) 11,295 (63)
Sorror HCT-Comorbidity Index14
 0 3,750 (20) 3,575 (20)
 1–2 5,535 (30) 5,343 (30)
 3–4 5,936 (32) 5,692 (32)
 ≥5 3,325 (18) 3,183 (18)
Estimated household income in USD, median (range) 57,573 (7,500->200,000) 57,640 (7,500->200,000)
Disease indication and status for HCT
 Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) 7,471 (40) 7,471 (42)
  CR-1  4,724  4,724
  CR-2  1,148  1,148
  CR-3+ or relapse/ refractory  1,599  1,599
 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) 2,492 (13) 2,491 (14)
  CR-1  1,723  1,723
  CR-2  482  482
  CR-3+ or relapse/ refractory  286  286
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia 609 (3) 609 (3)
  Early  75  75
  Intermediate  264  264
  Advanced  240  240
  Very advanced  30  30
 Other acute leukemia 212 (1) 212 (1)
 Other chronic leukemia 389 (2) 389 (2)
  CR or PR  298  298
  Stable disease  57  57
  Progression/ relapse  34  34
 Myelodysplastic Syndrome 3,086 (17) 3,086 (17)
 Myeloproliferative Diseases 723 (4) 723 (4)
 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 1,892 (10) 1,892 (11)
 Hodgkin Lymphoma 382 (2) 382 (2)
 Plasma Cell Disorders 538 (3) 538 (3)
  Other Malignancy (Solid Tumors) 19 (<1) --
  Total nonmalignant diseases 735 (4) --
Product type
 BM 2,808 (15) 2,295 (13)
 PBSC 14,549 (78) 14,335 (81)
 PBSC + BM 16 (<1) 15 (<1)
 Cord blood ± Others 1,174 (6) 1,148 (6)
Donor type
 Unrelated donor 10,685 (58) 10,318 (58)
 Matched sibling 5,417 (29) 5,166 (29)
 Greater than one locus mismatched relative 1,945 (10) 1,841 (10)
 Other 500 (3) 468 (3)
Unrelated BM or PBSC donor human leukocyte antigen match
 8/8 7,734 (81) 7,462 (81)
 7/8 1,282 (13) 1,234 (13)
 ≤ 6/8 or not specified 496 (6) 474 (3)
Age of unrelated BM or PBSC donor, median (years, range) 28 (18–64) 28 (18–64)
BM or PBSC donor/recipient sex match
 Male-male 6,722 (39) 6,454 (39)
 Male-female 4,259 (25) 4,075 (24)
 Female-male 3,361 (19) 3,228 (19)
 Female-female 3,000 (17) 2,859 (17)
 Unknown 31 (<1) 29 (<1)
Unrelated BM or PBSC donor age at transplant, years
 Under 30 5,641 (59) 5,435 (59)
 30 to 39 2,214 (23) 2,139 (23)
 40 to 49 1148 (12) 1,102 (12)
 50 and above 446 (5) 434 (5)
 Unknown 63 (<1) 60 (1)
Unrelated BM or PBSC donor ethnicity
 Hispanic or Latino 535 (6) 505 (6)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 4,314 (45) 4,153 (45)
 Unknown 4,663 (49) 4,512 (49)
Unrelated BM or PBSC donor race
 White 5,242 (55) 5,045 (55)
 Black/African American 212 (2) 193 (2)
 Asian 175 (2) 164 (2)
 Others/ Unknown 3,883 (41) 3,768 (21)
Positive Donor CMV status among BM or PBSC grafts 7,903 (45) 7,547 (45)
History of parity among BM or PBSC donor 2,209 (13) 2,123 (13)
Year of transplant
 2014 6,062 (33) 5,835 (33)
 2015 6,213 (33) 5,937 (33)
 2016 6,272 (34) 6,021 (34)
Prior autologous stem cell transplant 1,683 (9) 1,675 (9)
Median follow-up of survivors, months (range) 24 (1.5–51.8) 24 (1.5–51.8)

1 case with unknown HCT-comorbidity index at the time of transplantation

Abbreviations: ALL = Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; AML = Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; BM = Bone Marrow; CB = Cord Blood; CMV = Cytomegalovirus; CR= complete remission; HCT = Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; PBSC = Peripheral blood Stem Cells; PR= partial remission.