Table 3.
Evaluation of the independent effects of EASIX, ferritin, and CRP levels on ICANS grades 2 to 4
| Parameters | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk groups | Ferritin | EASIX/CRP | n* | Events, n | CumInc, % (range) | HR | 95% CI | P |
| High risk | High | Any level | 35 | 26 | 74 | 3.6 | 1.9-6.9 | <.001 |
| Intermediate risk | Low | High EASIX or |
41 | 21 | 51 (38-69) |
2.1 | 1.1-3.9 | .025 |
| High CRP | 19 | 10 | 53 (34-81) |
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| Low risk | Low | Low EASIX, and low CRP | 45 | 13 | 29 (18-46) |
1.0 | — | — |
High ferritin, levels in the upper quartile (ferritin >1583 ng/mL); high EASIX, levels above the median (>2.1); high CRP, levels above the median (>21 mg\L).
High- vs intermediate-risk groups: HR, 1.8; 95% CI 1.1-2.9; P = 0.03; high EASIX vs high CRP within intermediate-risk groups: HR, 0.9; 95% CI, 0.4-1.9, P = 0.8.
CumInc, cumulative incidence; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*Only patients with available ferritin levels were eligible for this analysis.