Utility of Endoscopic Examination in the Diagnosis of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

Number	186
Average age, year (range)	50.6 (19–82)
Gender
Male	122
Female	64
Average inspection days after transplantation
CS	41.3 (13–100)
Average number of biopsy specimens	4.9
Primary disease
Acute leukemia	120
Malignant lymphoma	38
Myelodysplastic syndrome	16
Chronic myelogenous leukemia	5
Others	7
Stem cell source
Cord blood stem cell transplantation	125
Bone marrow transplantation	36
Alloperipheral blood stem cell transplantation	25
Previous treatment
FLU-based regimen	161
CY/TBI or CY/BU	25
Preservation of GVHD
FK + MMF	72
MTX + CyA/FK/MMF	57
CyA or FK	57
Extent of endoscopic insertion
Up to the left-side colon	15
Until the right-side colon	17
Terminal ileum	154

FLU: fludarabine; CY: cyclophosphamide; TBI: total body irradiation; BU: busulfan; CyA: cyclosporin A; MTX: methotrexate; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil.