New Rising Infection: Human Herpesvirus 6 Is Frequent in Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation after Induction Therapy with Bortezomib

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the group as a whole (𝑛=62).

	Whole group; (𝑛=62)	VD cohort; (𝑛=41)	TD cohort; (𝑛=21)	𝑃
Sex (male)	36 (58%)	25 (61%)	11 (52%)	n.s.
Median age, years (range)	56.5 (35–67)	58 (35–67)	56 (45–64)	n.s.
Median time from diagnosis to SCT, months (range)	9 (4–60)	8 (4–36)	10 (7–60)	0.024
Median accumulative steroid dosage, mg (range)	800 (320–4320)	640 (320–3680)	1000 (320–4320)	0.024