Table 6 Potential predictors of... | American Society of Hematology

Table 6

Potential predictors of infection-related mortality

Characteristic	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P
Age, y
0 younger than 2	0.81 (0.37-1.76)	.597
2 to 16	Ref	NA
Older than 16	3.32 (1.87-5.89)	<.001
Ethnicity
White	Ref	NA
Not white	1.85 (1.10-3.09)	.020
BMI percentile at diagnosis*
Underweight	3.06 (1.51-6.22)	.002
Normal weight	Ref	NA
Overweight	1.58 (0.76-3.30)	.224
Cytogenetics
Favorable	Ref	NA
Intermediate	0.95 (0.43-2.08)	.889
Unfavorable	2.32 (0.70-7.64)	.168
Institution size†
6 or fewer	Ref	NA
More than 6	0.84 (0.45-1.55)	.571

Characteristic	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P
Age, y
0 younger than 2	0.81 (0.37-1.76)	.597
2 to 16	Ref	NA
Older than 16	3.32 (1.87-5.89)	<.001
Ethnicity
White	Ref	NA
Not white	1.85 (1.10-3.09)	.020
BMI percentile at diagnosis*
Underweight	3.06 (1.51-6.22)	.002
Normal weight	Ref	NA
Overweight	1.58 (0.76-3.30)	.224
Cytogenetics
Favorable	Ref	NA
Intermediate	0.95 (0.43-2.08)	.889
Unfavorable	2.32 (0.70-7.64)	.168
Institution size†
6 or fewer	Ref	NA
More than 6	0.84 (0.45-1.55)	.571

BMI indicates body mass index; NA, not applicable; and Ref, reference group.

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

Institution size categorized by median number of enrollments per year.