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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Nov 18;127(5):794–800. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33313

TABLE 2.

Predictors of Frailty: Univariate and Multivariate Analyses

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
Predictor OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Worsened
 Age at questionnaire, y
  ≥60 vs <60 1.25 (0.78–1.99) .35
 Race/ethnicity
  Other vs non-Hispanic White 1.02 (0.45–2.29) .97
 Socioeconomic status
  Annual income <$60,000/<college level vs annual income ≥$60,000/≥college level 1.25 (0.74–2.12) .40
 Time between first and second questionnaire 0.95 (0.82–1.11) .54
 Smoking status
  Ever smoked vs never smoked 0.97 (0.60–1.56) .90
 Sex
  Men 1.00 1.00 .09
  Women 1.31 (0.83–2.08) .12 1.5 (0.93–2.4)
 Primary cancer diagnosis
  Acute leukemia 1.00
  Lymphoma 1.04 (0.59–1.81) .90
  Chronic myeloid leukemia 0.47 (0.23–0.93) .03
  Other 1.21 (0.6–2.42) .60
 Conditioning regimen
  Cyclophosphamide + TBI 1.00
  Cyclophosphamide + TBI + etoposide 1.41 (0.79–2.53) .24
  Etoposide + TBI 1.02 (0.45–2.3) .97
  Cyclophosphamide + etoposide 1.39 (0.6–3.2) .44
  Busulfan + cyclophosphamide 1.54 (0.66–3.59) .32
  Others 0.59 (0.23–1.5) .27
 TBI, yes vs no 0.94 (0.55–1.6) .81
 Chronic GvHD at t1
  Allogeneic BMT with chronic GvHD vs allogeneic BMT with no chronic GvHD or autologous BMT 1.43 (0.79–2.57) .24
 Pre-BMT therapeutic exposure, yes vs no
  Vincristine 1.95 (1.22–3.11) < .005 2.1 (1.3–3.39) .002
  Cytarabine 1.01 (0.63–1.62) .98
  Etoposide 1.27 (0.69–2.35) .44
  Methotrexate 1.03 (0.59–1.79) .92
  Bleomycin 1.35 (0.72–2.54) .35
  Anthracyclines 1.8 (1.09–2.99) .02
  Alkylating agents 0.96 (0.6–1.55) .88
  Cisplatin 0.76 (0.33–1.77) .53
  Radiation 1.58 (0.88–2.83) .13
 Grade 3–4 conditions at t1, yes vs no 1.24 (0.68–2.25) .48
Frailty at t2
 Age at questionnaire, y
  ≥60 vs <60 1.19 (0.63–2.22) .60
 Race/ethnicity
  Other vs non-Hispanic White 1.02 (0.35–3.01) .97
 Socioeconomic status
  Annual income <$60,000/<college level vs annual income ≥$60,000/≥college level 1.14 (0.56–2.31) .72
 Time between BMT and questionnaire: t2 1.01 (0.96–1.07) .71
 Smoking status
  Ever smoked vs never smoked 1.11 (0.58–2.13) .75
 Sex
  Men
  Women 1.13 (0.61–2.09) .70
 Primary cancer diagnosis
  Acute leukemia 1.00
  Lymphoma 1.0 (0.48–2.08) 0.99
  Chronic myeloid leukemia 0.44 (0.17–1.15) .09
  Other 1.05 (0.41–2.68) .91
 Conditioning regimen
  Cyclophosphamide + TBI
  Cyclophosphamide + TBI + etoposide 1.06 (0.48–2.36) .88
  Etoposide + TBI 0.84 (0.27–2.62) .76
  Cyclophosphamide + etoposide 1.42 (0.49–4.11) .52
  Busulfan + cyclophosphamide 1.93 (0.75–5.29) .20
  Others 0.38 (0.08–1.69) .20
 TBI, yes vs no 0.81 (0.4–1.64) .56
 Chronic GvHD at t1
  Allogeneic BMT with no chronic GvHD or autologous BMT 1.00 1.00 .01
  Allogeneic BMT with chronic GvHD 2.39 (1.19–4.81) .01 2.58 (1.21–5.5)
 Chronic health conditions at t1
  Grade ≤2 1.00 1.00 .04
  Grade 3 or 4 2.14 (1.08–4.26) .03 2.1 (1.02–4.33)
 Pre-BMT therapeutic exposure, yes vs no
  Cytarabine 0.83 (0.43–1.6) .58
  Etoposide 0.86 (0.35–2.13) .75
  Methotrexate 1.04 (0.5–2.19) .91
  Bleomycin 1.45 (0.64–3.28) .38
  Anthracyclines 1.26 (0.65–2.41) .50
  Alkylating agents 1.03 (0.55–1.95) .92
  Cisplatin 0.94 (0.32–2.75) .90
  Radiation 1.89 (0.91–3.94) .09
 Vincristine, yes vs no 2.55 (1.35–4.82) .004 2.79 (1.44–5.43) .002

Abbreviations: BMT, blood or bone marrow transplantation; GvHD, graft-versus-host disease; t1, the time of the baseline questionnaire (a median of 7.3 years after BMT); t2, the time of the follow-up questionnaire (a median of 13.2 years after BMT); TBI, total body irradiation.