Research Article

Interleukin-15 Affects Patient Survival through Natural Killer Cell Recovery after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Table 7

Multivariate analysis for overall and progression-free survival.

FactorsOverall survivalProgression-free survival
RR95% CI -valueRR95% CI -value

ALC-150.6560.128–2.657.80.6280.152–2.107.2
Mono-151.1250.316–3.317.91.0600.374–2.637.9
NK-150.1760.062–0.797<.0060.1880.057–0.593<.002

ALC-15: absolute lymphocyte count at day 15 post transplant; Mono-15: absolute monocyte count at day 15 post transplant; and NK-15: natural killer cells at day 15 post transplant.