Table 1.

Alloimmunization rates reported in various patient populations and disease states*

Population or disease stateReported alloimmunization rate (%)
General adult patients  
Retrospective analysis 1-3 
Prospective analysis 8-10 
Hemoglobin disorders  
Sickle cell disease 19-43 
Thalassemia major 5-45 
Inflammatory disorders  
Autoimmune disorders, general 16 
Inflammatory bowel diseases 8-9 
Lymphoid disorders  
Acute lymphoid leukemia <1 
Hodgkin lymphoma <1 
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2-3 
Myeloid disorders  
Acute myeloid leukemia 3-16 
Myelodysplastic syndromes (includes myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorders) 15-59 
  
Solid tumors, nonhematopoietic 1-10 
Transplantation  
Hematopoietic progenitor cell 1-4 
Liver transplant 4-23 
Other sites or multiple organ transplantation 1-10 
Population or disease stateReported alloimmunization rate (%)
General adult patients  
Retrospective analysis 1-3 
Prospective analysis 8-10 
Hemoglobin disorders  
Sickle cell disease 19-43 
Thalassemia major 5-45 
Inflammatory disorders  
Autoimmune disorders, general 16 
Inflammatory bowel diseases 8-9 
Lymphoid disorders  
Acute lymphoid leukemia <1 
Hodgkin lymphoma <1 
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2-3 
Myeloid disorders  
Acute myeloid leukemia 3-16 
Myelodysplastic syndromes (includes myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorders) 15-59 
  
Solid tumors, nonhematopoietic 1-10 
Transplantation  
Hematopoietic progenitor cell 1-4 
Liver transplant 4-23 
Other sites or multiple organ transplantation 1-10 
*

As reviewed in Hendrickson and Tormey.

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