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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors for IFD

From: Posaconazole oral suspension for secondary antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study

Risk factor

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Patient age (years)

    

 < 50 versus ≥ 50

0.947 (0.307–2.920)

0.925

  

Gender

    

 Female versus male

0.503 (0.166–1.529)

0.226

  

Underlying disease, no. (%)

    

 AML

1.0

   

 ALL

0.737 (0.216–2.509)

0.625

  

 Othera

0.367 (0.102–1.321)

0.125

  

Stage of underlying disease

    

 CR versus Non-CR

0.611 (0.129–2.896)

0.534

  

Diabetes

    

 Yes versus no

2.057(0.504–8.399)

0.315

  

Transplant type

    

 MSD vs HID

0.543 (0.146–2.025)

0.363

  

Conditioning regimen

    

 Reduced intensity vs Myeloablative

0.0 (0.0)

0.998

  

GVHD prophylaxis

    

 ATG-based vs no ATG-based

0.851 (0.253–2.869)

0.795

  

History of IFD pre-transplant

    

 No versus yes

0.537 (0.180–1.602)

0.265

  

CMV DNA

    

 Negative versus positive

0.711 (0.245–2.067)

0.531

  

CMV disease

    

 Yes versus no

14.306 (3.033–67.481)

0.001

12.591(2.571–61.650)

0.002

Acute GVHD

    

 Grades III–IV versus Grades 0–II

3.309 (1.064–10.393)

0.039

2.770 (0.801–9.579)

0.107

Chronic GVHD

    

 Extensive versus no/limited

1.678 (0.565–4.985)

0.351

  
  1. IFD Invasive fungal diseases, AML acute myeloid leukemia, ALL acute lymphoid leukemia, Othera: myelodysplastic syndrome in 22 patients, aplastic anemia in 19 patients, chronic myeloid leukemia in 4 patients, lymphoblastic lymphoma in 3 patients and myelofibrosis in 1 patient. CR complete responses, MSD HLA-matched sibling donor, HID haploidentical donor, GVHD graft-versus-host disease, ATG antithymocyte globulin