Research Article

Low Plasma Levels of Hyaluronic Acid Might Rule Out Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Patient’s characteristicsSOS ()Non-SOS () value (Mann–Whitney/Fisher’s exact)

Age (years, median (range))59 (25-70)51 (20-68)0.198
Female sex, (%)3 (43%)19 (48%)0.999
Type of HSCT, (%)0.395
 Autologous1 (14%)16 (40%)
 Allogeneic6 (86%)24 (60%)
Type of donor, (%)
 MUD08 (20%)0.155
 MRD2 (29%)8 (20%)0.999
 Haploidentical4 (57%)8 (20%)0.184
Conditioning regimen, (%)
 Intensity0.173
  Myeloablative3 (43%)30 (75%)
  Nonmyeloablative4 (57%)10 (25%)
 Containing busulfan5 (71%)22 (55%)0.682
 Containing cyclophosphamide4 (57%)17 (43%)0.684
 Containing TBI02 (5%)0.999
Previous chemotherapy lines, median (range)3 (2-9)2 (1-5)0.019
Previous autologous HSCT, (%)2 (29%)3 (8%)0.154
Hematologic disease, (%)0.986
 Acute myeloid leukemia2 (29%)11 (27%)
 Acute lymphoid leukemia05 (13%)
 Myelodysplastic syndrome1 (14%)3 (8%)
 Multiple myeloma1 (14%)4 (10%)
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma2 (29%)9 (23%)
 Hodgkin lymphoma1 (14%)7 (18%)
 Aplastic anemia01 (3%)

MRD: matched related donor; MUD: matched unrelated donor.