Table 2.

Characteristics of rHBV responders and nonresponders


Characteristic

Responder, n = 171

Nonresponder, n = 96

Odds ratio*

P
Median age, y (range)   22.0 (0.2-58.6)   33.8 (0.2-69)   0.97   < .001  
Age younger than 18 years, no. (%)   72 (42.1)   27 (28.1)   1.86   .02  
Sex, male, no. (%)   102 (59.7)   65 (67.7)   .71   .19  
Diagnosis, no. (%)     
    Acute leukemia   76 (44.4)   37 (38.5)   1.28   .35  
    CML   42 (24.6)   27 (28.1)   0.83   .52  
    Aplastic anemia   11 (6.4)   2 (2.1)   3.23   .13  
    MDS   14 (8.2)   9 (9.4)   0.86   .74  
    Lymphoma   12 (7.0)   13 (13.5)   0.48   .08  
    Hemoglobinopathy   6 (3.5)   2 (2.1)   1.70   .52  
    Immunodeficiency   10 (5.9)   6 (6.3)   0.93   .89  
Donor, no. (%)     
    HLA-matched related   111 (64.9)   63 (65.6)   0.96   .91  
    HLA-mismatched related   14 (8.2)   11 (11.5)   0.69   .38  
    Unrelated   46 (26.9)   22 (22.9)   1.23   .47  
Graft type, no. (%)     
    cBMT   50 (29.2)   27 (28.1)   1.05   .85  
    cPBSCT   5 (2.9)   8 (8.4)   0.33   .06  
    TCD-BM   95 (55.6)   49 (51.0)   1.20   .48  
    TCD-PB   20 (11.7)   12 (12.5)   0.93   .85  
    Cord blood   1 (0.6)   —   —   —  
Recipient pretransplantation anti-HBs, no. (%)     
    Negative   126 (73.7)   71 (73.9)   0.98   .96  
    Positive  37 (21.6)   21 (21.9)   0.98   .96  
Unknown anti-HBs, negative core Ab (%)   8 (4.7)   4 (4.2)   1.12   .84  
Donor anti-HBs, no. (%)     
    Negative   84 (49.1)   51 (53.1)   0.85   .53  
    Positive  25 (14.6)   15 (15.6)   0.92   .83  
    Unknown§  62 (36.3)   29 (31.3)   1.25   .41  
TBI regimen, no. (%)   125 (73.5)   72 (75.0)   .93   .79  
DLI, no. (%)   37 (21.6)   28 (29.2)   .67   .17  
Rituximab, no. (%)   12 (7.0)   11 (11.4)   .58   .22  
Grade II-IV acute GVHD, no. (%)   21 (12.3)   22 (22.9)   .47   .03  
Chronic GVHD, no. (%)   15 (8.8)   27 (28.1)   .24   < .001  
Median d to first vaccine (range)   703 (171-2765)   778 (181-3444)   .99   .012  
Median age at first vaccine, y (range)
 
24 (1.6-60.6)
 
36.1 (.8-69.6)
 
.97
 
< .001
 

Characteristic

Responder, n = 171

Nonresponder, n = 96

Odds ratio*

P
Median age, y (range)   22.0 (0.2-58.6)   33.8 (0.2-69)   0.97   < .001  
Age younger than 18 years, no. (%)   72 (42.1)   27 (28.1)   1.86   .02  
Sex, male, no. (%)   102 (59.7)   65 (67.7)   .71   .19  
Diagnosis, no. (%)     
    Acute leukemia   76 (44.4)   37 (38.5)   1.28   .35  
    CML   42 (24.6)   27 (28.1)   0.83   .52  
    Aplastic anemia   11 (6.4)   2 (2.1)   3.23   .13  
    MDS   14 (8.2)   9 (9.4)   0.86   .74  
    Lymphoma   12 (7.0)   13 (13.5)   0.48   .08  
    Hemoglobinopathy   6 (3.5)   2 (2.1)   1.70   .52  
    Immunodeficiency   10 (5.9)   6 (6.3)   0.93   .89  
Donor, no. (%)     
    HLA-matched related   111 (64.9)   63 (65.6)   0.96   .91  
    HLA-mismatched related   14 (8.2)   11 (11.5)   0.69   .38  
    Unrelated   46 (26.9)   22 (22.9)   1.23   .47  
Graft type, no. (%)     
    cBMT   50 (29.2)   27 (28.1)   1.05   .85  
    cPBSCT   5 (2.9)   8 (8.4)   0.33   .06  
    TCD-BM   95 (55.6)   49 (51.0)   1.20   .48  
    TCD-PB   20 (11.7)   12 (12.5)   0.93   .85  
    Cord blood   1 (0.6)   —   —   —  
Recipient pretransplantation anti-HBs, no. (%)     
    Negative   126 (73.7)   71 (73.9)   0.98   .96  
    Positive  37 (21.6)   21 (21.9)   0.98   .96  
Unknown anti-HBs, negative core Ab (%)   8 (4.7)   4 (4.2)   1.12   .84  
Donor anti-HBs, no. (%)     
    Negative   84 (49.1)   51 (53.1)   0.85   .53  
    Positive  25 (14.6)   15 (15.6)   0.92   .83  
    Unknown§  62 (36.3)   29 (31.3)   1.25   .41  
TBI regimen, no. (%)   125 (73.5)   72 (75.0)   .93   .79  
DLI, no. (%)   37 (21.6)   28 (29.2)   .67   .17  
Rituximab, no. (%)   12 (7.0)   11 (11.4)   .58   .22  
Grade II-IV acute GVHD, no. (%)   21 (12.3)   22 (22.9)   .47   .03  
Chronic GVHD, no. (%)   15 (8.8)   27 (28.1)   .24   < .001  
Median d to first vaccine (range)   703 (171-2765)   778 (181-3444)   .99   .012  
Median age at first vaccine, y (range)
 
24 (1.6-60.6)
 
36.1 (.8-69.6)
 
.97
 
< .001
 

CML indicates chronic myeloid leukemia; cBMT, competitive bone marrow transplantation; cPBSCT, competitive peripheral-blood stem-cell transplantation; —, not applicable; and Ab, antibody. Additional abbreviations are explained in Table 1.

*

Data are the simple logistic regression odds ratios of an association between each characteristic and being a responder.

Five of 58 anti-HBs-positive recipients were HepB core antibody positive.

Four of 40 anti-HBs-positive donors were HepB core antibody positive.

§

One of 91 donors (23 related, 68 unrelated) with unknown anti-HBs status was HepB core antibody positive.

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