Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Prophylactic granulocyte transfusions:
cohort A; n = 83
No prophylactic granulocyte transfusions:
cohort B; n = 142
P
Median age, y (range) 44 (13-68) 46 (17-70) .85* 
Diagnosis   .052 
 Acute leukemia 36 (43.4%) 61 (43.0%)  
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 17 (20.5%) 37 (26.0%)  
 Chronic myelogeneous leukemia 17 (20.5%) 18 (12.7%)  
 Other 13 (14.6%) 26 (18.3%)  
GVHD    
 Grades I-IV 59 (71.0%) 94 (66.2%) .64 
 Grades III-IV 10 (12.0%) 14 (9.8%) .68 
Prophylactic granulocyte transfusions:
cohort A; n = 83
No prophylactic granulocyte transfusions:
cohort B; n = 142
P
Median age, y (range) 44 (13-68) 46 (17-70) .85* 
Diagnosis   .052 
 Acute leukemia 36 (43.4%) 61 (43.0%)  
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 17 (20.5%) 37 (26.0%)  
 Chronic myelogeneous leukemia 17 (20.5%) 18 (12.7%)  
 Other 13 (14.6%) 26 (18.3%)  
GVHD    
 Grades I-IV 59 (71.0%) 94 (66.2%) .64 
 Grades III-IV 10 (12.0%) 14 (9.8%) .68 
*

Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test.

Fisher exact test.