Table 2.

Patient characteristics by TERT rare variant status

No TERT rare (n = 1473)TERT rare (n = 41)P
Patient-related variables    
 Age at transplantation, median (range), y 59 (0-77) 52 (14-72) .03* 
 Female sex, n (%) 591 (40) 11 (27) .11 
 Karnofsky performance status score <90,  n (%) 403 (27) 16 (39) .15 
 HCT-CI   .15 
  0 255 (25) 3 (11)  
  1-2 247 (24) 8 (29)  
  3 535 (52) 17 (61)  
  Missing 436 13  
Disease-related variables    
 Hemoglobin, median (IQR), g/dL 9.4 (8.1-11.2) 9.9 (8.6-11.1) .26* 
 Platelet count, median (IQR), ×109/L 72 (30-147) 72 (37-115) .87* 
 Absolute neutrophil count, median (IQR),  ×109/L 1.1 (0.5-2.3) 1.3 (0.5-2.6) .63* 
 Bone marrow blasts at transplant, median  (IQR), % 3 (1-6) 1 (0-5) .03* 
 Prior MDS-directed therapy, n (%) 861 (58) 24 (59) >.99 
 Therapy-related MDS, n (%) 305 (21) 6 (15) .43 
 Myeloid somatic mutations§    
  Present, n (%) 1,167 (79) 29 (71) .24 
  Absent, n (%) 306 (21) 12 (29)  
 Transplant-related variables    
  Conditioning regimen, n (%)   .10 
  Myeloablative 765 (52) 24 (59)  
  Reduced intensity 565 (39) 17 (41)  
  Nonmyeloablative 130 (9) 0 (0)  
  Missing 13  
 Donor type, n (%)   .85 
  Matched, related 176 (12) 5 (12)  
  Matched, unrelated 837 (57) 26 (63)  
  Mismatched 289 (20) 7 (17)  
  Cord blood 171 (12) 3 (7)  
 Graft type, n (%)   .88 
  Bone marrow 215 (15) 6 (15)  
  Peripheral blood stem cells 1,082 (73) 32 (78)  
  Cord blood 165 (11) 3 (7)  
  Other 11 (1) 0 (0)  
No TERT rare (n = 1473)TERT rare (n = 41)P
Patient-related variables    
 Age at transplantation, median (range), y 59 (0-77) 52 (14-72) .03* 
 Female sex, n (%) 591 (40) 11 (27) .11 
 Karnofsky performance status score <90,  n (%) 403 (27) 16 (39) .15 
 HCT-CI   .15 
  0 255 (25) 3 (11)  
  1-2 247 (24) 8 (29)  
  3 535 (52) 17 (61)  
  Missing 436 13  
Disease-related variables    
 Hemoglobin, median (IQR), g/dL 9.4 (8.1-11.2) 9.9 (8.6-11.1) .26* 
 Platelet count, median (IQR), ×109/L 72 (30-147) 72 (37-115) .87* 
 Absolute neutrophil count, median (IQR),  ×109/L 1.1 (0.5-2.3) 1.3 (0.5-2.6) .63* 
 Bone marrow blasts at transplant, median  (IQR), % 3 (1-6) 1 (0-5) .03* 
 Prior MDS-directed therapy, n (%) 861 (58) 24 (59) >.99 
 Therapy-related MDS, n (%) 305 (21) 6 (15) .43 
 Myeloid somatic mutations§    
  Present, n (%) 1,167 (79) 29 (71) .24 
  Absent, n (%) 306 (21) 12 (29)  
 Transplant-related variables    
  Conditioning regimen, n (%)   .10 
  Myeloablative 765 (52) 24 (59)  
  Reduced intensity 565 (39) 17 (41)  
  Nonmyeloablative 130 (9) 0 (0)  
  Missing 13  
 Donor type, n (%)   .85 
  Matched, related 176 (12) 5 (12)  
  Matched, unrelated 837 (57) 26 (63)  
  Mismatched 289 (20) 7 (17)  
  Cord blood 171 (12) 3 (7)  
 Graft type, n (%)   .88 
  Bone marrow 215 (15) 6 (15)  
  Peripheral blood stem cells 1,082 (73) 32 (78)  
  Cord blood 165 (11) 3 (7)  
  Other 11 (1) 0 (0)  

Peripheral blood counts and bone marrow blast counts at time of transplantation.

IQR, interquartile range.

*

Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Fisher's exact test.

Cochran-Armitage trend test.

§

Complete somatic mutations for patients with a TERT rare variants are listed in supplemental Figure 4 and supplemental Table 6.

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