Table 4.

Univariate analysis (P values) of some outcome variables: discharge to the outpatient clinic, bacteremia, days on intravenous analgesics, days on total parenteral nutrition, acute GVHD grades II-IV, transplantation-related mortality, death, and cost

Factor (0/1)Discharge
(> 24 days)
BacteremiaIntravenous analgesics
(> 5 days)
TPN days
(> 10 days)
Acute
GVHD II-IV
TRMDeathTotal cost
(> US $30 000)
Donor (Sib/MUD) .07   .08     
SC source (BM/PB)     .03    
Home care (no/yes) .02 .12 .07 < .01 .02 < .01 < .03 .01 
Diagnosis (others/AL)         
Risk (low/high)         
Recipient sex (M/F)  < .05       
CMV reactivation before discharge (no/yes) .02  .03 .04  .07  .02 
Invasive fungal infection (no/yes)    .06     
Bacteremia (no/yes) .04   < .05  .01 .03 .06  
Acute GVHD II .20     < .001 < .01 .01 
(0-I/II-IV)         
Day of engraftment (continuous) < .01  .05 .02    .02 
Nucleated cell dose (continuous)  .07   .12    
CMV, recipient and donor (others/neg)   .04      
Factor (0/1)Discharge
(> 24 days)
BacteremiaIntravenous analgesics
(> 5 days)
TPN days
(> 10 days)
Acute
GVHD II-IV
TRMDeathTotal cost
(> US $30 000)
Donor (Sib/MUD) .07   .08     
SC source (BM/PB)     .03    
Home care (no/yes) .02 .12 .07 < .01 .02 < .01 < .03 .01 
Diagnosis (others/AL)         
Risk (low/high)         
Recipient sex (M/F)  < .05       
CMV reactivation before discharge (no/yes) .02  .03 .04  .07  .02 
Invasive fungal infection (no/yes)    .06     
Bacteremia (no/yes) .04   < .05  .01 .03 .06  
Acute GVHD II .20     < .001 < .01 .01 
(0-I/II-IV)         
Day of engraftment (continuous) < .01  .05 .02    .02 
Nucleated cell dose (continuous)  .07   .12    
CMV, recipient and donor (others/neg)   .04      

Recipient age, donor age, donor sex, and female donor to male recipient were nonsignificant in all analyses. Sib indicates HLA antigen-identical sibling donor; MUD, matched unrelated donor; PB, peripheral blood stem cells, AL, acute leukemia.

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