Table 4

Univariate regression predicting the risk of microbiologically documented bacterial infection (any site) by phase of treatment

CharacteristicPhase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
IRR (95% CI)PIRR (95% CI)PIRR (95% CI)P
Rate of infections per day 0.0220  0.0226  0.0222  
Age, y       
    0 to younger than 2 1.22 (0.97-1.55) .087 1.15 (0.90-1.46) .255 1.22 (0.89-1.68) .215 
    2 to 16 Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Older than 16 1.09 (0.82-1.46) .563 1.10 (0.83-1.45) .512 1.49(1.01-2.20) .045 
Ethnicity       
    White Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Not white 0.99 (0.81-1.22) .954 1.03 (0.84-1.25) .785 1.01(0.78-1.32) .928 
BMI percentile at diagnosis*       
    Underweight 0.95 (0.65-1.38) .773 1.05 (0.72-1.53) .807 0.89 (0.44-1.81) .751 
    Normal weight Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Overweight 1.09 (0.79-1.49) .603 1.54 (1.19-2.00) <.001 0.701(0.45-1.08) .108 
Cytogenetics       
    Favorable 0.81 (0.59-1.11) .198 0.85 (0.65-1.10) .214 0.84 (0.59-1.18) .309 
    Intermediate Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Unfavorable 0.88 (0.57-1.36) .558 0.89 (0.46-1.73) .728 2.07 (0.97-4.42) .062 
    Unknown 0.96 (0.77-1.20) .738 0.86 (0.69-1.06) .149 0.64 (0.47-0.86) .003 
Time to ANC higher than 1000/μL       
    Median no. days or fewer 1.11 (0.88-1.39) .380 1.18 (0.95-1.46) .137 0.87 (0.66-1.14) .314 
    More than the median no. of days Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
Institution size       
    6 or fewer 1.04 (0.82-1.34) .729 1.01 (0.80-1.29) .921 1.07 (0.77-1.48) .694 
    More than 6 Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
CharacteristicPhase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
IRR (95% CI)PIRR (95% CI)PIRR (95% CI)P
Rate of infections per day 0.0220  0.0226  0.0222  
Age, y       
    0 to younger than 2 1.22 (0.97-1.55) .087 1.15 (0.90-1.46) .255 1.22 (0.89-1.68) .215 
    2 to 16 Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Older than 16 1.09 (0.82-1.46) .563 1.10 (0.83-1.45) .512 1.49(1.01-2.20) .045 
Ethnicity       
    White Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Not white 0.99 (0.81-1.22) .954 1.03 (0.84-1.25) .785 1.01(0.78-1.32) .928 
BMI percentile at diagnosis*       
    Underweight 0.95 (0.65-1.38) .773 1.05 (0.72-1.53) .807 0.89 (0.44-1.81) .751 
    Normal weight Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Overweight 1.09 (0.79-1.49) .603 1.54 (1.19-2.00) <.001 0.701(0.45-1.08) .108 
Cytogenetics       
    Favorable 0.81 (0.59-1.11) .198 0.85 (0.65-1.10) .214 0.84 (0.59-1.18) .309 
    Intermediate Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
    Unfavorable 0.88 (0.57-1.36) .558 0.89 (0.46-1.73) .728 2.07 (0.97-4.42) .062 
    Unknown 0.96 (0.77-1.20) .738 0.86 (0.69-1.06) .149 0.64 (0.47-0.86) .003 
Time to ANC higher than 1000/μL       
    Median no. days or fewer 1.11 (0.88-1.39) .380 1.18 (0.95-1.46) .137 0.87 (0.66-1.14) .314 
    More than the median no. of days Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 
Institution size       
    6 or fewer 1.04 (0.82-1.34) .729 1.01 (0.80-1.29) .921 1.07 (0.77-1.48) .694 
    More than 6 Ref NA Ref NA Ref NA 

IRR indicates incidence rate ratio; BMI, body mass index; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; Ref, reference group; and NA, not applicable.

*

Underweight (≤ 10th percentile); normal weight (between 10th and 95th percentile); and overweight (≥ 95 percentile).

Institution size categorized by median number of enrollments.

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