Table 4.

Multivariate analysis of treatment-related mortality


Variables

Relative risk of treatment-related mortality (95% CI)

P
Type of transplant*   < .001 
Autologous unpurged, n = 596   1.00   —  
Autologous purged, n = 130   0.98 (0.52-1.87)   .96  
Allogeneic, n = 175   4.44 (2.81-7.02)   < .001  
Chemosensitivity   < .001 
Sensitive, n = 714   1.00   —  
Resistant, n = 111   2.71 (1.69-4.36)   < .001  
Untreated/unknown, n = 76   1.78 (0.99-3.19)   .06  
Serum LDH at transplantation   < .001 
Normal, n = 561   1.00   —  
Abnormal, n = 243   2.03 (1.32-3.14)   .001  
Unknown, n = 97   2.69 (1.43-5.04)   .002  
Age at transplantation   —  
No older than 40 y, n = 198   1.00   —  
Older than 40 y, n = 703   1.98 (1.21-3.26)   .007  
Conditioning regimen   
Non-TBI, n = 553   1.00   —  
TBI, n = 348   1.80 (1.16-2.77)   .008  
Year of transplantation   .03 
1990-1993, n = 300   1.00   —  
1994-1996, n = 373   0.67 (0.42-1.06)   .09  
1997-1998, n = 228
 
0.49 (0.28-0.87)
 
.01
 

Variables

Relative risk of treatment-related mortality (95% CI)

P
Type of transplant*   < .001 
Autologous unpurged, n = 596   1.00   —  
Autologous purged, n = 130   0.98 (0.52-1.87)   .96  
Allogeneic, n = 175   4.44 (2.81-7.02)   < .001  
Chemosensitivity   < .001 
Sensitive, n = 714   1.00   —  
Resistant, n = 111   2.71 (1.69-4.36)   < .001  
Untreated/unknown, n = 76   1.78 (0.99-3.19)   .06  
Serum LDH at transplantation   < .001 
Normal, n = 561   1.00   —  
Abnormal, n = 243   2.03 (1.32-3.14)   .001  
Unknown, n = 97   2.69 (1.43-5.04)   .002  
Age at transplantation   —  
No older than 40 y, n = 198   1.00   —  
Older than 40 y, n = 703   1.98 (1.21-3.26)   .007  
Conditioning regimen   
Non-TBI, n = 553   1.00   —  
TBI, n = 348   1.80 (1.16-2.77)   .008  
Year of transplantation   .03 
1990-1993, n = 300   1.00   —  
1994-1996, n = 373   0.67 (0.42-1.06)   .09  
1997-1998, n = 228
 
0.49 (0.28-0.87)
 
.01
 

— indicates reference group; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; and TBI, total body irradiation.

*

Allogeneic versus autologous-purged (relative risk [RR], 4.52; 95% CI, 2.29-8.92; P < .001).

Determined by 2-degree of freedom test.

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