Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with MDS undergoing related HSCT with and without P/LP germ line variants

CharacteristicNo P/LP variantP/LP variantP value
Patients, No. 376 28  
Median age at diagnosis, y (range) 59 (1-75) 57 (12-72) .44  
Age at diagnosis, No. (% )    
0-10 7 (100) 0 (0)  
11-20 6 (67) 3 (33)  
21-30 11 (92) 1 (8)  
31-40 11 (92) 1 (8)  
41-50 47 (94) 3 (6)  
51-60 127 (93) 9 (7)  
61-70 156 (94) 10 (6)  
71-80 11 (92) 1 (8)  
Sex, No. (%)   .69  
Male 232 (62) 16 (57)  
Female 144 (38) 12 (43)  
Recipient race, No. (%)   .94§  
White 330 (88) 27 (96)  
Black or African American 21 (6) 1 (4)  
Asian 14 (4) 0 (0)  
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1 (0) 0 (0)  
American Indian or Alaska Native 3 (1) 0 (0)  
Unknown 7 (2) 0 (0)  
Disease classification at diagnosis, No. (%)   .04§  
RA 20 (5) 2 (7)  
RARS 16 (4) 0 (0)  
RAEB-1 79 (21) 2 (7)  
RAEB-2 93 (25) 12 (43)  
RCMD 68 (18) 3 (11)  
RCMD-RS 4 (1) 0 (0)  
5q– syndrome 1 (0) 2 (7)  
CMML 37 (10) 2 (7)  
JMML 1 (0) 0 (0)  
MDS, unclassifiable 57 (15) 5 (18)  
Bone marrow cellularity   .86§,  
Decreased (hypocellular) 30 (8) 3 (11)  
Normal 51 (13) 7 (25)  
Increased (hypercellular) 127 (34) 14 (50)  
Unknown 168 (45) 4 (14)  
Disease status before HSCT , No. (%)   .83§,  
Early 88 (23) 9 (32)  
Advanced 187 (50) 17 (61)  
Unknown 101 (27) 2 (7)  
Cytogenetics, No. (%)   .57§,  
Favorable 134 (36) 15 (54)  
Intermediate 17 (5) 1 (4)  
Poor 28 (7) 5 (18)  
Unknown 197 (52) 7 (25)  
IPSS-R, No. (%)   .61§,  
Very low 8 (2) 2 (7)  
Low 46 (12) 4 (14)  
Intermediate 59 (16) 9 (32)  
High 46 (12) 4 (14)  
Very high 13 (3) 2 (7)  
Unknown 204 (54) 7 (25)  
Predisposing condition, No. (%)   .044§,  
No predisposing condition 252 (67) 23 (82)  
Fanconi anemia 0 (0) 1 (4)  
Aplastic anemia 6 (2) 0 (0)  
Other 8 (2) 2 (7)  
Unknown 110 (29) 2 (8)  
Conditioning regimen intensity, No. (%)   .93§  
MAC 203 (54) 15 (54)  
RIC/NMA 171 (45) 13 (46)  
Unknown 2 (1) 0 (0)  
Graft source, No. (%)   .75  
Bone marrow 48 (13) 3 (11)  
Peripheral blood 328 (87) 25 (89)  
Donor type, No. (%)   .99§  
HLA-identical sibling 315 (84) 24 (86)  
Twin 2 (1) 0 (0)  
Haploidentical 46 (12) 3 (10)  
Other related: Not haploidentical 13 (3) 1 (4)  
CharacteristicNo P/LP variantP/LP variantP value
Patients, No. 376 28  
Median age at diagnosis, y (range) 59 (1-75) 57 (12-72) .44  
Age at diagnosis, No. (% )    
0-10 7 (100) 0 (0)  
11-20 6 (67) 3 (33)  
21-30 11 (92) 1 (8)  
31-40 11 (92) 1 (8)  
41-50 47 (94) 3 (6)  
51-60 127 (93) 9 (7)  
61-70 156 (94) 10 (6)  
71-80 11 (92) 1 (8)  
Sex, No. (%)   .69  
Male 232 (62) 16 (57)  
Female 144 (38) 12 (43)  
Recipient race, No. (%)   .94§  
White 330 (88) 27 (96)  
Black or African American 21 (6) 1 (4)  
Asian 14 (4) 0 (0)  
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1 (0) 0 (0)  
American Indian or Alaska Native 3 (1) 0 (0)  
Unknown 7 (2) 0 (0)  
Disease classification at diagnosis, No. (%)   .04§  
RA 20 (5) 2 (7)  
RARS 16 (4) 0 (0)  
RAEB-1 79 (21) 2 (7)  
RAEB-2 93 (25) 12 (43)  
RCMD 68 (18) 3 (11)  
RCMD-RS 4 (1) 0 (0)  
5q– syndrome 1 (0) 2 (7)  
CMML 37 (10) 2 (7)  
JMML 1 (0) 0 (0)  
MDS, unclassifiable 57 (15) 5 (18)  
Bone marrow cellularity   .86§,  
Decreased (hypocellular) 30 (8) 3 (11)  
Normal 51 (13) 7 (25)  
Increased (hypercellular) 127 (34) 14 (50)  
Unknown 168 (45) 4 (14)  
Disease status before HSCT , No. (%)   .83§,  
Early 88 (23) 9 (32)  
Advanced 187 (50) 17 (61)  
Unknown 101 (27) 2 (7)  
Cytogenetics, No. (%)   .57§,  
Favorable 134 (36) 15 (54)  
Intermediate 17 (5) 1 (4)  
Poor 28 (7) 5 (18)  
Unknown 197 (52) 7 (25)  
IPSS-R, No. (%)   .61§,  
Very low 8 (2) 2 (7)  
Low 46 (12) 4 (14)  
Intermediate 59 (16) 9 (32)  
High 46 (12) 4 (14)  
Very high 13 (3) 2 (7)  
Unknown 204 (54) 7 (25)  
Predisposing condition, No. (%)   .044§,  
No predisposing condition 252 (67) 23 (82)  
Fanconi anemia 0 (0) 1 (4)  
Aplastic anemia 6 (2) 0 (0)  
Other 8 (2) 2 (7)  
Unknown 110 (29) 2 (8)  
Conditioning regimen intensity, No. (%)   .93§  
MAC 203 (54) 15 (54)  
RIC/NMA 171 (45) 13 (46)  
Unknown 2 (1) 0 (0)  
Graft source, No. (%)   .75  
Bone marrow 48 (13) 3 (11)  
Peripheral blood 328 (87) 25 (89)  
Donor type, No. (%)   .99§  
HLA-identical sibling 315 (84) 24 (86)  
Twin 2 (1) 0 (0)  
Haploidentical 46 (12) 3 (10)  
Other related: Not haploidentical 13 (3) 1 (4)  

CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; IPSS-R, revised International Prognostic Scoring System; JMML, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; MAC, myeloablative conditioning; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; NMA, nonmyeloablative conditioning; RA, refractory anemia; RAEB-1, RAEB-2, refractory anemia with excess blasts types 1 and 2; RARS, refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts; RCMD, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia; RCMD-RS, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia and ring sideroblasts; RIC, reduced intensity conditioning.

Kruskal-Wallis test.

Row percentage.

Fisher exact test.

§

Fisher exact test via Monte Carlo simulation.

P values based on data excluding missing categories.

Early: RA, RARS, RCMD, RCMD-RS, 5q– syndrome. Advanced: RAEB-1, RAEB-2, CMML.

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