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. 2022 May 28;50(6):1543–1555. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01847-2

Table 2.

Rehospitalizations during the 12-month follow-up period after initial admission for transplantation

Allo-HSCT SOT
All patients
n = 226
PYs = 174.9
CMV
n = 66
PYs = 51.9
No CMV
n = 160
PYs = 122.9
p value All patients
n = 250
PYs = 231.0
CMV
n = 42
PYs = 39.5
No CMV
n = 208
PYs = 191.5
p value
Patients with a rehospitalization, n (%) 182 (80.5) 60 (90.9) 122 (76.3) 0.004 208 (83.2) 38 (90.5) 170 (81.7) 0.121
Number of all-cause rehospitalizations, n 650 232 418 708 143 565

LOS (all-cause) in days,

mean (SD) | median

17.9 (28.0) | 4.5 22.4 (33.0) | 8 15.4 (24.5) | 3  < 0.001 8.4 (16.3) | 3 11.6 (16.1) | 6 7.5 (16.2) | 3 0.003
Number of CMV-related rehospitalizationsb, n 61 41

LOS (CMV-related)b in days,

mean (SD) | median

39.3 (42.1) | 23 23.0 (19.1) | 20

Number of all-cause rehospitalizations,

ppy (95% CI)

3.7 (3.2–4.3) 4.5 (3.7–5.3) 3.4 (2.7–4.1) 0.050 3.1 (2.7–3.4) 3.6 (2.9–4.4) 3.0 (2.6–3.3) 0.116

Total all-cause rehospitalization days,

ppy (95% CI)

62.4 (52.2–72.7) 93.3 (70.1–116.6) 49.4 (39.3–59.4) 0.001 24.3 (20.1–28.6) 42.0 (27.4–56.5) 20.7 (16.7–24.7) 0.005

Total all-cause hospitalization daysa,

ppy (95% CI)

117.8 (106.0–129.5) 150.6 (125.1–176.1) 103.9 (91.8–116.0) 0.001 73.9 (64.8–83.0) 88.6 (69.7–107.6) 70.9 (60.7–81.1) 0.101

Allo-HSCT allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, CI confidence interval, CMV cytomegalovirus, LOS length of stay, PY patient year, ppy per patient-year, SD standard deviation, SOT solid organ transplantation

aTotal hospitalization days during the 12 months post-index period including days spent at the hospital during the index admission for transplantation

bCMV-related defined as rehospitalizations with CMV as main or primary diagnosis