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. 2023 Feb 27;58(5):558–566. doi: 10.1038/s41409-023-01941-5

Table 3.

Factors significantly associated with severe disease course (univariate analysis).

Total Events Cumulative incidence (95% C.I.) Hazard Ratio (95% C.I.) P value
Diagnosis
 Malignant disease 52 3 6.12 (1.56–15.32) 1.00
 Non-malignant disease 33 8 26.98 (12.36–44.00) 4.70 (1.25–17.76) 0.02
Lansky (10-point effect) 84 11 - 0.96 (0.92–0.99) 0.01
Chronic GVHD (number of allo-HCT patients with a follow-up > 100 days) n = 75 n = 8
 Yes 12 5 44.44 (13.97–71.59) 9.95 (2.37–41.73) 0.002
 No 63 3 4.93 (1.28–12.49) 1.00
Immunosuppressant drug(s)
 Yes 53 11 22.03 (11.58–34.60) 0.01
 No 32 0 0.00
Corticosteroids
 Yes 24 6 25.00 (9.90–43.57) 3.20 (0.98–10.51) 0.06
 No 61 5 9.49 (3.39–19.42) 1.00
Janus kinase inhibitor
 Yes 13 4 89.17 (78.44–94.73) 3.42 (1.00–11.73) 0.05
 No 72 7 69.23 (37.34–87.18) 1.00
Mycophenolic acid
 Yes 9 5 44.44 (13.59–71.93) 9.80 (2.94–32.62) 0.0002
 No 76 6 91.07 (81.04–95.93) 1.00
Symptomatic
 Yes 52 10 20.44 (10.39–32.86) 7.42 (0.95–58.15) 0.06
 No 33 1 3.70 (0.26–16.23) 1.00
Fever
 Yes 37 9 25.08 (12.28–40.16) 6.80 (1.46–31.61) 0.01
 No 47 2 5.29 (0.92–15.81) 1.00
Cough
 Yes 26 8 32.69 (15.07–51.66) 6.93 (1.83–26.20) 0.004
 No 59 3 5.83 (1.46–14.81) 1.00
Coinfection
 Yes 23 7 31.82 (13.61–51.81) 5.15 (1.50–17.62) 0.009
 No 61 4 7.46 (2.31–16.72) 1.00
C-reactive protein levels, mg/L (10-point effect) 63 10 - 1.10 (1.01–1.20) 0.04
Pulmonary radiological findings
 Yes 18 8 45.00 (20.91–66.54) 7.21 (1.91–27.28) 0.004
 No 42 3 8.35 (2.01–20.62) 1.00
Immunodeficiency scoring index
 Low 18 0 100.00 0.002
 Intermediate 13 6 53.85 (24.77–75.99) -

Bold entries indicate significant p values.