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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Sep 23;126(23):5077–5087. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33171

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of outcomes. 99% confidence intervals shown and p-value <0.01 is considered significant

Outcome N (Events/Evaluable) Hazard Ratio (99% CI) p-value
Non-relapse mortality
Main effect-age <0.01
60 – 69 189/6922 1.00
40 – 49 23/1591 0.55 (0.35–0.85) <0.01
50 – 59 86/4855 0.67 (0.52–0.87) <0.01
≥ 70 75/2063 1.30 (0.99–1.70) 0.06
Karnofsky score ≥90 148/8236 1.00 <0.01
<90 218/7028 1.52 (1.23–1.88) <0.01
Missing 7/167 2.65 (1.24–5.66) 0.01
HCT-Comorbidity Index 0 54/4093 1.00 <0.01
1–2 109/4778 1.66 (1.20–2.30) <0.01
≥3 210/6560 2.18 (1.61–2.95) <0.01
ISS/DSS I-II 131/6612 1.00 <0.01
III 231/8398 1.42 (1.15–1.77) <0.01
Missing 11/421 1.42 (0.77–2.63) 0.26
Disease status at AHCT, CR 41/2460 1.00 <0.01
VGPR 127/6095 1.27 (0.90–1.81) 0.18
PR 158/5845 1.67 (1.18–2.35) <0.01
<PR 47/1031 2.93 (1.93–4.46) <0.01
Relapse/Progression
Main effect-age 0.86
60 – 69 1719/6922 1.00
40 – 49 401/1591 1.00 (0.90–1.12) 0.92
50 – 59 1243/4855 1.03 (0.95–1.10) 0.43
≥ 70 498/2063 1.03 (0.93–1.13) 0.56
ISS/DSS I-II 1426/6612 1.00 <0.01
III 2331/8398 1.36 (1.27–1.46) <0.01
Missing 104/421 1.27 (1.04–1.56) 0.02
Disease status at AHCT, CR 530/2460 1.00 <0.01
VGPR 1436/6095 1.12 (1.01–1.24) 0.03
PR 1561/5845 1.29 (1.17–1.42) <0.01
<PR 334/1031 1.70 (1.48–1.95) <0.01
Cytogenetics, no abnormality 66/3298 1.00 <0.01
High risk 1324/4263 1.88 (1.71–2.07) <0.01
Standard risk 961/4717 1.05 (0.95–1.16) 0.30
Not tested/unknown 915/3153 1.22 (1.09–1.36) <0.01
Year of transplant, 2017 454/3628 1.00 <0.01
2013 829/2625 1.19 (1.04–1.36) 0.01
2014 915/2819 1.18 (1.05–1.33) <0.01
2015 862/2926 1.07 (0.95–1.20) 0.29
2016 801/3433 0.96 (0.86–1.09) 0.54
Progression-free survival
Main effect-age 0.48
60 – 69 1908/6922 1.00
40 – 49 424/1591 0.96 (0.86–1.06) 0.45
50 – 59 1329/4855 0.99 (0.92–1.06) 0.92
≥ 70 573/2063 1.05 (0.96–1.16) 0.24
Karnofsky score ≥90 2170/8236 1.00 <0.01
<90 2011/7028 1.12 (1.05–1.19) <0.01
Missing 53/167 1.43 (1.09–1.88) 0.01
ISS/DSS I-II 1557/6612 1.00 <0.01
III 2562/8398 1.36 (1.28–1.45) <0.01
Missing 115/421 1.29 (1.07–1.56) <0.01
Disease status at AHCT, CR 571/2460 1.00 <0.01
VGPR 1563/6095 1.13 (1.03–1.25) 0.01
PR 1719/5845 1.32 (1.20–1.45) <0.01
<PR 381/1031 1.78 (1.57–2.03) <0.01
Cytogenetics, no abnormality 734/3298 1.00 <0.01
High risk 1430/4263 1.82 (1.67–1.99) <0.01
Standard risk 1061/4717 1.05 (0.95–1.15) 0.33
Not tested/unknown 1009/3153 1.22 (1.09–1.35) <0.01
Year of transplant, 2017 502/3628 1.00 <0.01
2013 909/2625 1.20 (1.06–1.36) <0.01
2014 996/2819 1.20 (1.06–1.36) <0.01
2015 945/2926 1.09 (0.97–1.22) 0.14
2016 882/3433 0.98 (0.88–1.10) 0.73
Overall survival
Main effect-age 659/6992 <0.01
60 – 69 117/1605 1.00
40 – 49 400/4919 0.77 (0.63–0.94) 0.01
50 – 59 227/2084 0.88(0.77–0.99) 0.05
≥ 70 659/6992 1.18(1.02–1.38) 0.03
Karnofsky score ≥90 627/8323 1.33 (1.19–1.48) <0.01
<90 755/7108 1.83 (1.18–2.82) <0.01
Missing 21/169 1.33 (1.19–1.48) <0.01
HCT-Comorbidity Index 0 304/4140 1.00 <0.01
1–2 416/4831 1.16 (1.00–1.34) 0.05
≥3 683/6629 1.33 (1.16–1.52) <0.01
ISS/DSS I-II 424/6685 1.00 <0.01
III 944/8488 1.77 (1.58–1.99) <0.01
Missing 35/427 1.36 (0.96–1.92) 0.08
Disease status at AHCT, CR 173/2467 1.00 <0.01
VGPR 507/6148 1.21 (1.02–1.44) 0.03
PR 548/5929 1.37 (1.15–1.62) <0.01
<PR 175/1056 2.55 (2.07–3.15) <0.01
Cytogenetics, no abnormality 215/3334 1.00 <0.01
High risk 523/4311 2.07 (1.77–2.42) <0.01
Standard risk 262/4755 0.87 (0.73–1.04) 0.13
Not tested/unknown 403/3200 1.73 (1.46–2.04) <0.01

Legend: HCT-CI, hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index; ISS, International Staging System: DSS, Durie-Salmon staging; VGPR, very good partial response; CR, complete response; AHCT, autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation; PR, partial response