Table 2

Predictors of overall survival

PredictorUnivariateMultivariate
Hazard ratioP valueHazard ratioP value
Age (years) 1.01 (0.98-1.04) .511   
Gender (female) 1.05 (0.54-2.03) .874   
Underlying disease (leukemia vs other) 1.11 (0.57-2.14) .763   
Pretransplant comorbidity (HCT-CI >3) 2.18 (1.08-4.26) .030 1.42 (0.68-2.88) .339 
Disease risk*     
 Low 1.0 — 1.0 — 
 Intermediate 2.39 (0.97-6.19) .059 4.17 (1.55-11.68) .005 
 High 1.47 (0.65-3.62) .357 2.04 (0.87-5.18) .103 
Conditioning intensity     
 Nonmyeloablative 1.0 —   
 Reduced intensity 1.89 (0.71-5.89) .209   
 Myeloablative 1.62 (0.64-4.91) .324   
Stem cell source     
 Related identical sibling 1.0 —   
 Unrelated identical 1.32 (0.58-2.98) .500   
 Unrelated nonidentical 1.52 (0.42-4.39) .486   
 Cord blood 1.40 (0.55-3.38) .472   
 T-cell depletion (ex vivo) 0.92 (0.47-1.77) .803   
Time to engraftment (≥14 d post-HSCT) 1.10 (0.47-2.30) .819   
Ursodeoxycholic acid 0.94 (0.38-2.04) .885   
Liver dysfunction (total bilirubin > twice baseline) 1.55 (0.58-3.48) .353   
Acute kidney injury (creatinine > twice baseline) 1.40 (0.66-2.79) .360   
TPN 1.41 (0.67-3.32) .377   
Antibiotics     
 Vancomycin (intravenous) 2.60 (0.79-16.07) .131 1.28 (0.28-9.02) .764 
 Fluoroquinolone 0.52 (0.21-1.12) .100 0.34 (0.13-0.78) .010 
 Metronidazole 1.47 (0.71-2.90) .286   
 β-lactam§ 3.97 (1.21-24.48) .019 3.22 (0.84-21.14) .094 
Infections     
C difficile infection 0.76 (0.26-1.80) .564   
 Gram-negative bloodstream infection 1.58 (0.59-3.55) .331   
 VRE bloodstream infection 1.10 (0.18-3.60) .901   
Microbial diversity (engraftment)     
 High diversity (inverse Simpson >4) 1.0 — 1.0 — 
 Intermediate diversity (inverse Simpson 2-4) 1.83 (0.65-5.22) .245 1.26 (0.42-3.86) .673 
 Low diversity (inverse Simpson <2) 3.13 (1.39-7.98) .005 2.56 (1.03-7.23) .042 
PredictorUnivariateMultivariate
Hazard ratioP valueHazard ratioP value
Age (years) 1.01 (0.98-1.04) .511   
Gender (female) 1.05 (0.54-2.03) .874   
Underlying disease (leukemia vs other) 1.11 (0.57-2.14) .763   
Pretransplant comorbidity (HCT-CI >3) 2.18 (1.08-4.26) .030 1.42 (0.68-2.88) .339 
Disease risk*     
 Low 1.0 — 1.0 — 
 Intermediate 2.39 (0.97-6.19) .059 4.17 (1.55-11.68) .005 
 High 1.47 (0.65-3.62) .357 2.04 (0.87-5.18) .103 
Conditioning intensity     
 Nonmyeloablative 1.0 —   
 Reduced intensity 1.89 (0.71-5.89) .209   
 Myeloablative 1.62 (0.64-4.91) .324   
Stem cell source     
 Related identical sibling 1.0 —   
 Unrelated identical 1.32 (0.58-2.98) .500   
 Unrelated nonidentical 1.52 (0.42-4.39) .486   
 Cord blood 1.40 (0.55-3.38) .472   
 T-cell depletion (ex vivo) 0.92 (0.47-1.77) .803   
Time to engraftment (≥14 d post-HSCT) 1.10 (0.47-2.30) .819   
Ursodeoxycholic acid 0.94 (0.38-2.04) .885   
Liver dysfunction (total bilirubin > twice baseline) 1.55 (0.58-3.48) .353   
Acute kidney injury (creatinine > twice baseline) 1.40 (0.66-2.79) .360   
TPN 1.41 (0.67-3.32) .377   
Antibiotics     
 Vancomycin (intravenous) 2.60 (0.79-16.07) .131 1.28 (0.28-9.02) .764 
 Fluoroquinolone 0.52 (0.21-1.12) .100 0.34 (0.13-0.78) .010 
 Metronidazole 1.47 (0.71-2.90) .286   
 β-lactam§ 3.97 (1.21-24.48) .019 3.22 (0.84-21.14) .094 
Infections     
C difficile infection 0.76 (0.26-1.80) .564   
 Gram-negative bloodstream infection 1.58 (0.59-3.55) .331   
 VRE bloodstream infection 1.10 (0.18-3.60) .901   
Microbial diversity (engraftment)     
 High diversity (inverse Simpson >4) 1.0 — 1.0 — 
 Intermediate diversity (inverse Simpson 2-4) 1.83 (0.65-5.22) .245 1.26 (0.42-3.86) .673 
 Low diversity (inverse Simpson <2) 3.13 (1.39-7.98) .005 2.56 (1.03-7.23) .042 
*

ASBMT RFI Classification.

Evaluated during pre-engraftment period prior to specimen collection.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics consist of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin.

§

β-lactams include cephalosporins, β-lactam-β-lactamase combinations, and carbapenems.

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