Research Article

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Different N-Terminal Probrain Natriuretic Peptide Levels after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Table 2

In-hospital transplantation-related parameters.

VariablesTotal ()ENPH ()ENAH ()NN () value

Diagnosis
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia107 (35.5)16 (23.2)70 (42.7)21 (30.9)0.012
 Acute myeloid leukemia130 (43.2)36 (52.2)62 (37.8)32 (47.1)0.099
 Othera64 (21.3)17 (24.6)32 (19.5)15 (22.1)0.672
Transplant type0.033
 Autologous HSCT42 (14.0)7 (10.1)19 (11.6)16 (23.5)
 Allogeneic HSCT259 (86.0)62 (89.9)145 (88.4)52 (76.5)
Donor type
 HLA matched, related119 (39.5)22 (31.9)63 (38.4)34 (50.0)0.087
 HLA partially matched, related99 (32.9)32 (46.4)56 (34.1)11 (16.2)0.001
 HLA matched, unrelated30 (10.0)4 (5.8)19 (11.6)7 (10.3)0.402
Stem cell source<0.001
 Peripheral blood198 (65.8)37 (53.6)101 (61.6)60 (88.2)
 Bone marrow+peripheral blood103 (34.2)32 (46.4)63 (38.4)8 (11.8)
Conditioning regimens
 CY based267 (88.7)64 (92.8)152 (92.7)51 (75.0)<0.001
 Anthracycline based51 (16.9)14 (20.3)28 (17.1)9 (13.2)0.545
 TBI based138 (45.8)25 (36.2)85 (51.8)28 (41.2)0.063
 TBI+CY+VP-16/FA113 (37.5)23 (33.3)69 (42.1)21 (30.9)0.198
Prophylaxis regimens for GVHD
 CsA+MTX±MMF110 (36.8)19 (27.9)63 (38.4)28 (41.8)0.202
 CsA+MTX+ATG±MMF141 (47.2)40 (58.8)79 (48.2)22 (32.8)0.010

Values are , (%). ENPH: elevated NT-proBNP and presence of clinical symptoms or signs of heart failure; ENAH: elevated NT-proBNP but absence of symptoms or signs of heart failure; NN: normal NT-proBNP; HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; HLA: human leukocyte antigen; CY: cyclophosphamide; TBI: total body irradiation; BU: busulfan; VP-16: etoposide; FA: fludarabine and cytarabine; GVHD: graft-versus-host disease; CsA: ciclosporin A; MTX: methotrexate; MFF: mycophenolate mofetil; ATG: antithymocyte globulin. aLymphoma (), myelodysplastic syndrome (), acute mixed lineage leukemia (), chronic myeloid leukemia (), biphenotypic acute leukemia (), etc.