Table 2 Demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Association between adenovirus viral load and mortality in pediatric allo-HCT recipients: the multinational AdVance study

Baseline characteristics

Pediatric patients (N = 241)

Age, years

 Mean (s.d.)

6.3 (4.9)

 Median (range)

5.0 (<1.0–17.0)

Age stratification, years, n (%)

 <2

61 (25.3)

 2 to <6

63 (26.1)

 6 to <12

72 (29.9)

 12 to <18

45 (18.7)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

159 (66.0)

 Female

82 (34.0)

Stem cell source, n (%)

 BM

116 (48.1)

 PBSC

92 (38.2)

 Cord blood unit(s)

33 (13.7)

Donor typea, n (%)

 Matched unrelated

100 (41.5)

 Haploidentical

49 (20.3)

 Mismatchedb

43 (17.8)

 Cord blood unit(s)

35 (14.5)

 Matched related

33 (13.7)

T-cell depletionc, n (%)

 ATG

95 (39.4)

 Alemtuzumab (Campath)

62 (25.7)

 Ex vivo

53 (22.0)

 None

31 (12.9)

Time from AdV infection to AdV1000 copies/ml, days

 Mean (s.d.)

15.2 (24.5)

 Median (range)

7 (0.0–146.0)

 IQR

0.0–17.0

 <28 days, n (%)

201 (83.4)

 ≥28 days, n (%)

40 (16.6)

Time from allo-HCT to AdV1000 copies/ml, days

 Mean (s.d.)

40.4 (38.8)

 Median (range)

26.0 (0.0–174.0)

 IQR

13.0–56.0

 <28 days, n (%)

130 (53.9)

 ≥28 days, n (%)

111 (46.1)

Disease for which allo-HCT was conducted, n (%)

 Malignant

148 (61.4)

 Nonmalignant immunodeficient

72 (29.9)

 Nonmalignant immunocompetent

21 (8.7)

dsDNA viral coinfections, n (%)

 None

138 (57.3)

 ≥1 dsDNA viral infection in addition to AdV

103 (42.7)

Comorbiditiesd, n (%)

 None

147 (61.0)

 ≥1

94 (39.0)

Lymphocyte count at time of AdV viremia1000 copies/ml, n (%)

 ≥900

14 (5.8)

 300–899

35 (14.5)

 <300

192 (79.7)

Maximum stage GvHD among skin, liver, GI at the time of AdV viremia1000 copies/ml, n (%)

 0

174 (72.2)

 1

22 (9.1)

 2

17 (7.1)

 3

16 (6.6)

 4

12 (5.0)

  1. ATG antithymocyte globulin, BM bone marrow, GI gastrointestinal, IQR interquartile range, PBSC peripheral blood stem cell, s.d. standard deviation
  2. aCategories are not mutually exclusive
  3. bMismatching was determined according to standard practice at each study site
  4. cA hierarchy was applied such that patients who received ex vivo T-cell depletion and ATG and/or alemtuzumab were counted in the ex vivo category
  5. dListed in Supplementary Table 1