Table 1 Patient, disease and transplant characteristics.

From: High incidence of thromboembolism in patients with chronic GVHD: association with severity of GVHD and donor-recipient ABO blood group

 

All patients frequency (%)

N

145

Gender: Male

95 (66%)

Age

 Median(range), (IQR)

52 (19–74), (41–62)

BMI

 Median(range), (IQR)

28.0 (19.2–50.2), (24.9–32.1)

Donor Type

 Matched Sibling

104 (72%)

 Single UCB

9 (6%)

 Double UCB

32 (22%)

Conditioning

 MAC

63 (43%)

 RIC

82 (57%)

GVHD Prophylaxis

 CsA or TAC/MTX

51 (35%)

 CsA or TAC/MMF

86 (59%)

 Siro/MMF

8 (6%)

Diagnosis

 Acute Leukemia

86 (60%)

 CML/CLL

6 (4%)

 Lymphoma

25 (17%)

 Other

28 (19%)

Karnofsky at HCT

 <90

20 (14%)

 ≥90

125 (86%)

HCT-CI

 Low Risk: 0

60 (41%)

 Intermediate Risk: 1-2

42 (29%)

 High Risk: 3+

43 (30%)

ABO Recipient

 A

62 (43%)

 B

13 (9%)

 AB

3 (2%)

 O

67 (46%)

ABO Donor

 A, B or AB

75 (52%)

 O

70 (48%)

Year of cGVHD

 2010–2013

76 (52%)

 2014–2018

69 (48%)

Days from HCT to cGVHD

 Median(range), (IQR)

220 (88–1111), (168–309)

 Karnofsky at cGVHD: <90

38 (26%)

cGVHD Type at Onset

 De-novo

55 (38%)

 Quiescent

55 (38%)

 Progressive

35 (24%)

cGVHD Global Severity at Onset

 Mild

24 (16%)

 Moderate

82 (57%)

 Severe

39 (27%)

Prior Acute GVHD Grade

 No acute GVHD

53 (37%)

 Grade I–II

50 (34%)

 Grade III–IV

42 (29%)

Number of Organs involved at cGVHD Onset

 1 or 2

75 (52%)

 ≥3

70 (48%)

WBC at cGVHD Diagnosis

 Median(range), (IQR) x109/L

5.9 (1.2–17.2), (4.3–7.9)

Platelets at cGVHD Diagnosis

 Median(range), (IQR)

138 (3–470), (99–183)

 <100,000 ×109/L

38 (26%)

 ≥100,000 ×109/L

107 (74%)

cGVHD Organ Involvement

 Skin

60 (40%)

 Eyes

70 (48%)

 Mouth

107 (74%)

 Liver

42 (29%)

 Gastrointestinal

59 (41%)

 Genitourinary

7 (5%)

 Lung

5 (4%)

 Joints

15 (10%)

cGVHD Treatment

 Systemic

39 (27%)

 Topical

12 (8%)

 Both

94 (65%)

  1. BMI body mass index, TEE thromboembolic events, cGVHD chronic graft-versus-host disease, UCB umbilical cord blood, MAC myeloablative, RIC reduced intensity, CsA cyclosporine, Tac tarolimus, Siro sirolimus, MMF mycophenolate mofetil, MTX methotrexate, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, HCT hematopoietic cell transplantation.