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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factor for infectious and non-infectious pulmonary toxicity

From: Effect of dose rate on pulmonary toxicity in patients with hematolymphoid malignancies undergoing total body irradiation

 

Infectious

Non-infectious

SHR

95% CI

P-value

SHR

95% CI

P-value

Univariate analysis

 Group

  Reduced dose rate group

1 (ref)

  

1 (ref)

  

  Conventional dose rate group

1.77

0.81–3.85

0.153

4.06

0.90–18.28

0.068

 Total dose (Gy)

1.38

1.02–1.87

0.038

0.83

0.55–1.26

0.381

 Daily dose (Gy)

  Daily dose < 3

1 (ref)

  

1 (ref)

  

  Daily dose ≥3

0.52

0.25–1.10

0.087

0.68

0.37–1.22

0.201

 Women

1.22

0.64–2.34

0.545

1.10

0.35–3.44

0.871

 Age at TBI (year)

1.00

0.98–1.02

0.854

0.99

0.96–1.02

0.486

 Cancer type

  ALL

1 (ref)

  

1 (ref)

  

  AML

1.69

0.87–3.31

0.124

1.40

0.30–6.57

0.668

  Others

1.22

0.48–3.09

0.671

1.26

0.36–4.44

0.718

 Unrelated donor

1.30

0.68–2.48

0.436

0.98

0.34–2.85

0.971

 Conditioning regimen

  Cyclophosphamide

1 (ref)

  

1 (ref)

  

  Cyclophosphamide + other*

1.65

0.65–4.20

0.290

Cannot be calculated

Cannot be calculated

0.921

  Others

0.80

0.29–2.19

0.659

Cannot be calculated

Cannot be calculated

0.925

 Prior chemotherapy regimens

  1

1 (ref)

  

1 (ref)

  

  2

0.60

0.27–1.35

0.219

0.45

0.07–2.97

0.405

   ≥ 3

1.25

0.60–2.60

0.551

2.20

0.42–11.42

0.349

Multivariate analysis

 Group

  Reduced dose rate group

1 (ref)

     

  Conventional dose rate group

2.38

1.02–5.54

0.045

   

 Total dose (Gy)

1.40

1.07–1.85

0.016

   

 Daily dose (Gy)

0.24

0.07–0.83

0.025

   

 Cancer type

  ALL

1 (ref)

     

  AML

1.69

0.83–3.42

0.146

   

  Others

1.41

0.56–3.52

0.463

   
  1. *other: cytarabine, fludarabine, etoposide † others: cytarabine/fludaraibine, busulfan/fludarabine/etoposide, melphalan, melphalan/fludarabine, thiotepa