Table 1.

Prognostic factors for developing cGVHD



All patients, N = 404
Development of cGVHD
CINC of cGVHD at 2 years
95% CI
Hazard ratio*
P
Favorable factors
Treatment arm      
   M/C   0.34   0.27-0.40   1.22   .27   NA  
   TCD   0.29   0.22-0.35   1.00   NA   NA  
Acute GVHD grade      No prior aGVHD (0-I)  
   II-IV   NA   NA   1.84   < .01   NA  
   0-I   NA   NA   1.00   NA   NA  
Recipient age      Younger recipients  
   Less than 19 years   0.23   0.14-0.32   1.00   NA   NA  
   18-35 years   0.35   0.27-0.43   2.51   < .01   NA  
   Greater than 35 years   0.32   0.25-0.40   2.44   < .01   NA  
Primary disease      Diseases other than CML  
   CML   0.40   0.33-0.48   1.75   < .01   NA  
   Other   0.23   0.18-0.29   1.00   NA   NA  
CD34+, infused/kg (× 106)      Higher CD34+ infused  
   Less than or equal to 2.0   0.34   0.27-0.41   1.73   < .01   NA  
   Greater than 2.0
 
0.28
 
0.22-0.35
 
1.00
 
NA
 
NA
 


All patients, N = 404
Development of cGVHD
CINC of cGVHD at 2 years
95% CI
Hazard ratio*
P
Favorable factors
Treatment arm      
   M/C   0.34   0.27-0.40   1.22   .27   NA  
   TCD   0.29   0.22-0.35   1.00   NA   NA  
Acute GVHD grade      No prior aGVHD (0-I)  
   II-IV   NA   NA   1.84   < .01   NA  
   0-I   NA   NA   1.00   NA   NA  
Recipient age      Younger recipients  
   Less than 19 years   0.23   0.14-0.32   1.00   NA   NA  
   18-35 years   0.35   0.27-0.43   2.51   < .01   NA  
   Greater than 35 years   0.32   0.25-0.40   2.44   < .01   NA  
Primary disease      Diseases other than CML  
   CML   0.40   0.33-0.48   1.75   < .01   NA  
   Other   0.23   0.18-0.29   1.00   NA   NA  
CD34+, infused/kg (× 106)      Higher CD34+ infused  
   Less than or equal to 2.0   0.34   0.27-0.41   1.73   < .01   NA  
   Greater than 2.0
 
0.28
 
0.22-0.35
 
1.00
 
NA
 
NA
 

Variables that were considered and found not significant were date of transplantation, center, Karnofsky-Lansky performance status, sex of recipient and donor, donor age, HLA match, risk status, recipient and donor CMV status, recipient and donor race, method of T-cell depletion, T cells infused/kg, and total nucleated cell dose infused/kg.

NA indicates not applicable.

*

Cox proportional hazards univariate analysis

Point estimates for aGVHD are not presented since it is a time-varying covariate

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