Table 1. Patient characteristics... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic	G-CSF (arm A) n = 23	Chemo + G-CSF (arm B) n = 24	Significance (95% CI)
Age at BMT	41 y	46 y	0.2 (− 12, 3)
Female gender	11 (48%)	7 (29%)	0.24
NHL	15 (65%)	17 (71%)	0.7
No. prior chemotherapy
2	15	18	0.86
3	5	4
4	2	2
Leukopenia^*	7 (33.3%)	10 (47.6%)	0.35
Thrombocytopenia^†	8 (38%)	8 (38%)	1.0
Chemoresistance at transplantation (n = 43)	4 (19%)	6 (28.6%)	0.47
Primary refractory disease	8 (38%)	4 (19%)	0.4

Characteristic	G-CSF (arm A) n = 23	Chemo + G-CSF (arm B) n = 24	Significance (95% CI)
Age at BMT	41 y	46 y	0.2 (− 12, 3)
Female gender	11 (48%)	7 (29%)	0.24
NHL	15 (65%)	17 (71%)	0.7
No. prior chemotherapy
2	15	18	0.86
3	5	4
4	2	2
Leukopenia^*	7 (33.3%)	10 (47.6%)	0.35
Thrombocytopenia^†	8 (38%)	8 (38%)	1.0
Chemoresistance at transplantation (n = 43)	4 (19%)	6 (28.6%)	0.47
Primary refractory disease	8 (38%)	4 (19%)	0.4

Low WBC count (< 3.5 × 10⁹/L) immediately before transplantation.

Low platelet count (< 150 × 10⁹/L) immediately before transplantation.