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Table 2 Baseline and transplant-related characteristics

From: Graft versus host disease-related eosinophilic fasciitis: cohort description and literature review

 

GROUP 1 fasciitis absent

GROUP 2 fasciitis present

p

Characteristics

N (%)/median (range)

N (%)/median (range)

 

Total, n

43

39

 

Patient age at enrollment, years (range)

52 (18–74)

56 (6–78)

ns

Patient gender

 Male/female

31 (72.1%)/12 (27.9%)

22 (56.4%)/17 (43.6%)

0.138

Diagnosis

 AML/NHL/ALL

11 (25.6%)/8 (18.6%)/9 (20.9%)

17 (43.6%)/9 (23.1%)/4 (10.3%)

 

 MDS/MPS

8 (18.6%)/1 (2.3%)

5 (12.8%)/2 (5.1%)

0.341

 Others (HL, MM, CML, LLC)

6 (13.9%)

2 (5.1%)

 

HCT type

 Related

28 (65.1%)

21 (53.8%)

 

 Unrelated

15 (34.9%)

18 (46.2%)

0.326

HLA matching

 Identical

39 (90.7%)

37 (94.9%)

 

 1 Mismatched

3 (7.0%)

1 (2.6%)

0.651

 Haploidentical

1 (2.3%)

1 (2.6%)

 

Conditioning regimen

 Reduced intensity

27 (62.8%)

21 (53.8%)

0.157

 Myeloablative

16 (37.2%)

18 (46.2%)

 

Stem cell graft source

 Mobilized blood cells

42 (97.7%)

38 (97.4%)

 

 Bone marrow

0 (0%)

1 (2.8%)

0.366

 Umbilical cord blood

1 (2.3%)

0 (0%)

 

GVHD prophylaxis

 TACRO + RAPA ± MMF

22 (51.1%)

17 (43.5%)

 

 TACRO/CSA + MTX

6 (14.0%)

6 (15.4%)

 

 TACRO + MTX + ATG

11 (25.6%)

15 (38.4%)

0.214

 TACRO + MMF + Cy

4 (9.3%)

1 (2.6%)

 

Prior acute GVHD

33 (76.7%)

27 (69.2%)

 

 Grade 2–4

25 (58.1%)

22 (56.4%)

0.053

 Grade 3–4

8 (18.6%)

5 (12.8%)

 
  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, MPS myeloproliferative syndrome, HL Hodgkin lymphoma, MM multiple myeloma, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, LLC chronic lymphocytic leukemia