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Table 2 Characteristics of factors influencing on the early chimerism status

From: Impact of early chimerism status on clinical outcome in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Transplant variables

Donor chimerism level (median %)

+ 7 day

p value

+  14 day

p value

+  21 day

p value

+  28 day

p value

Underlying diseases

 B ALL n = 31

58

p = 0.9

100

p = 0.3

100

p = 0.79

100

p = 0.58

 T ALL n = 25

63

95

100

100

Age of patient

 < median (8.67 years) n = 28

58

p = 0.98

95

p = 0.66

100

p = 0.73

100

p = 0.86

 > median (8.67 years) n = 28

65

99

100

100

Patient gender

 Male n = 38

61

p = 0.99

94

p = 0.15

100

p = 0.68

100

p = 0.7

 Female n = 18

62

100

100

100

Donor type

 Matched related n = 25

49

p = 0.06

90

p = 0.02

100

 

100

 

 Matched unrelated n = 28

68

100

100

p = 0.01

100

p = 0.02

 Mismatched related n = 3

80

100

100

 

100

 

Donor gender

 Male n = 31

77

p = 0.003

100

p = 0.041

100

p = 0.56

100

p = 0.80

 Female n = 25

46

89

100

100

Stem cell source

 Bone marrow n = 47

60

p = 0.64

96

p = 0.20

100

p = 0.32

100

p = 0.19

 Peripheral blood n = 9

63

100

100

100

Conditioning regimen

 Radiation-based n = 41

60

p = 0.33

96

p = 0.40

100

p = 0.40

100

p = 0.43

 Busulfan-based n = 2

74

80

85

91

 Reduced toxicity n = 13

67

100

100

100

Serotherapy (ATG)

 YES n = 28

49

p = 0.05

94

p = 0.11

100

p = 0.016

100

p = 0.023

 NO n = 28

68

100

100

100

Number of CD34+ cells (median 4,47)

 < 4,47 × 106 n = 35

58

p = 0.41

94

p = 0.036

100

p = 0.08

100

p = 0.19

 > 4,47 × 106 n = 21

67

100

100

100

Patients

 without event n = 48

62

p = 0.98

68

p = 0.48

100

p = 0.88

100

p = 0.56

 with relapse n = 5

64

97

100

100

 with TRM no relapse n = 3

65

81

100

100

  1. B ALL B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, T ALL T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, ATG Anti-thymocyte globulin, TRM Transplant related mortality, p = 0.05 this result is on the border of the statistical significance