Table 6. Primary causes of death... | American Society of Hematology

Table 6.

Primary causes of death according to type of disease and transplant

Disease/cause of death	Blood stem cell transplant	Bone marrow transplant	P value
Acute leukemia	[27]	[76]
Primary disease	16	33	.24
Infection	22	15	.37
Interstitial pneumonitis	12	11	.93
Graft-versus-host disease	14	26	.58
Organ failure	12	4	.17
Other	24	11	.06
CML	[33]	[76]
Primary disease	8	3	.16
Infection	30	25	.73
Interstitial pneumonitis	17	18	.81
Graft-versus-host disease	24	39	.10
Organ failure	17	9	.21
New malignancy	—	3	.89
Other	4	3	.60

Disease/cause of death	Blood stem cell transplant	Bone marrow transplant	P value
Acute leukemia	[27]	[76]
Primary disease	16	33	.24
Infection	22	15	.37
Interstitial pneumonitis	12	11	.93
Graft-versus-host disease	14	26	.58
Organ failure	12	4	.17
Other	24	11	.06
CML	[33]	[76]
Primary disease	8	3	.16
Infection	30	25	.73
Interstitial pneumonitis	17	18	.81
Graft-versus-host disease	24	39	.10
Organ failure	17	9	.21
New malignancy	—	3	.89
Other	4	3	.60

Values in square brackets are numbers of patients evaluated; all other values are percentages of patients unless otherwise indicated.