Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who had joint/fascia involvement during their course of chronic GVHD

CharacteristicTrainingReplicationP
Total, n 209 191  
Time from HCT to enrollment, mo   <.001 
 Median 13.5 25.2  
 Range 3.4-37.3 3.4-332  
Case type   <.001 
 Incident 114 (55) 59 (31)  
 Prevalent 95 (45) 132 (69)  
Patient age at enrollment, y   .18 
 Median 52 55  
 Range 19-79 19-77  
Patient sex   .18 
 Male 119 (57) 122 (64)  
 Female 90 (43) 69 (36)  
Patient race   .91 
 White 189 (90) 170 (89)  
 Nonwhite 17 (8) 18 (9)  
 Unknown 3 (1) 3 (2)  
Stem cell source   .14 
 Bone marrow 12 (6) 8 (4)  
 Mobilized blood cells 185 (89) 179 (94)  
 Cord blood 12 (6) 4 (2)  
Female donor to male recipient 57 (27) 58 (30) .48 
HLA and donor type   .06 
 Matched related 101 (48) 70 (37)  
 Matched unrelated 85 (41) 94 (49)  
 Mismatched 23 (11) 27 (14)  
Conditioning regimen   .74 
 Myeloablative 106 (51) 89 (47)  
 Nonmyeloablative/reduced intensity 101 (48) 100 (52)  
 Unknown 2 (1) 2 (1)  
Involved site at enrollment    
 Skin 138 (66) 157 (82) <.001 
 Eye 108 (52) 114 (60) .11 
 Mouth 112 (54) 106 (56) .76 
 Liver 34 (16) 18 (10) .05 
 Gastrointestinal tract 63 (30) 54 (28) .74 
 Joint/fascia 113 (54) 155 (81) <.001 
 Lung 57 (27) 76 (40) .01 
 Genital tract* 20 (11) 27 (24) .005 
NIH global score at enrollment   <.001 
 Mild 23 (11) 14 (7)  
 Moderate 131 (63) 72 (38)  
 Severe 55 (26) 105 (55)  
P-ROM score in all visits, mean ± SD (half SD)    
 Shoulder 6.62 ± 0.74 (0.37) 6.40 ± 0.89 (0.45) <.001 
 Elbow 6.69 ± 0.72 (0.36) 6.52 ± 0.83 (0.41) <.001 
 Wrist 6.26 ± 1.17 (0.59) 5.93 ± 1.39 (0.70) <.001 
 Ankle 3.59 ± 0.57 (0.29) 3.49 ± 0.69 (0.34) .04 
 Total score 23.2 ± 2.34 (1.17) 22.4 ± 2.97 (1.49) <.001 
CharacteristicTrainingReplicationP
Total, n 209 191  
Time from HCT to enrollment, mo   <.001 
 Median 13.5 25.2  
 Range 3.4-37.3 3.4-332  
Case type   <.001 
 Incident 114 (55) 59 (31)  
 Prevalent 95 (45) 132 (69)  
Patient age at enrollment, y   .18 
 Median 52 55  
 Range 19-79 19-77  
Patient sex   .18 
 Male 119 (57) 122 (64)  
 Female 90 (43) 69 (36)  
Patient race   .91 
 White 189 (90) 170 (89)  
 Nonwhite 17 (8) 18 (9)  
 Unknown 3 (1) 3 (2)  
Stem cell source   .14 
 Bone marrow 12 (6) 8 (4)  
 Mobilized blood cells 185 (89) 179 (94)  
 Cord blood 12 (6) 4 (2)  
Female donor to male recipient 57 (27) 58 (30) .48 
HLA and donor type   .06 
 Matched related 101 (48) 70 (37)  
 Matched unrelated 85 (41) 94 (49)  
 Mismatched 23 (11) 27 (14)  
Conditioning regimen   .74 
 Myeloablative 106 (51) 89 (47)  
 Nonmyeloablative/reduced intensity 101 (48) 100 (52)  
 Unknown 2 (1) 2 (1)  
Involved site at enrollment    
 Skin 138 (66) 157 (82) <.001 
 Eye 108 (52) 114 (60) .11 
 Mouth 112 (54) 106 (56) .76 
 Liver 34 (16) 18 (10) .05 
 Gastrointestinal tract 63 (30) 54 (28) .74 
 Joint/fascia 113 (54) 155 (81) <.001 
 Lung 57 (27) 76 (40) .01 
 Genital tract* 20 (11) 27 (24) .005 
NIH global score at enrollment   <.001 
 Mild 23 (11) 14 (7)  
 Moderate 131 (63) 72 (38)  
 Severe 55 (26) 105 (55)  
P-ROM score in all visits, mean ± SD (half SD)    
 Shoulder 6.62 ± 0.74 (0.37) 6.40 ± 0.89 (0.45) <.001 
 Elbow 6.69 ± 0.72 (0.36) 6.52 ± 0.83 (0.41) <.001 
 Wrist 6.26 ± 1.17 (0.59) 5.93 ± 1.39 (0.70) <.001 
 Ankle 3.59 ± 0.57 (0.29) 3.49 ± 0.69 (0.34) .04 
 Total score 23.2 ± 2.34 (1.17) 22.4 ± 2.97 (1.49) <.001 

Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

SD, standard deviation.

*

Among patients for whom the question was answered (186 in training, 114 in replication).

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