Skip to main content

Table 1 Participant demographic data

From: Clinical trial participation predicts improved survival in older adults receiving allogeneic blood and marrow transplant

 

Enrolled (n = 33)

Not enrolled (n = 30)

 

Gender

 Male

19 (30.2%)

15 (23.8%)

p = 0.547

 Female

14 (22.2%)

15 (23.8%)

Race

 White

30 (47.6%)

24 (38.1%)

p = 0.404

 Black

2 (3.2%)

5 (7.9%)

 Mixed/Other

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

Age at transplant (mean years)

67.96 (SD = 4.08)

66.89 (SD = 4.03)

p = 0.302

Insurance type

 Private

15 (38.1%)

11 (17.5%)

p = 0.479

 Government/Medicare

18 (28.6%)

19 (30.2%)

Referral status

 Referred from OSH

11 (17.5%)

10 (15.9%)

p = 1.000

 Internal referral

22 (34.9%)

20 (31.7%)

ECOG status (n = 57)

 ECOG = 0

15 (23.8%)

8 (12.7%)

p = 0.034

 ECOG > 0

12 (19%)

21 (33.3%)

HCT-CI Score (mean)

1.0 (SD = 1.44)

2.47 (SD = 2.73)

p = 0.008

Primary Oncology Diagnosis

 Myelodysplastic Syndrome

5 (7.9%)

7 (11.1%)

p = 0.398

 Acute Myeloid Leukemia

9 (14.3%)

9 (14.3%)

 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

10(15.9%)

3 (4.8%)

 Multiple Myeloma

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

 Myeloproliferative Neoplasm

4 (6.3%)

3 (4.8%)

 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

4 (6.3%)

5 (7.9%)

 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

0

2 (3.2%)

Disease Risk Index Scores

 Low

1 (1.6%)

2 (3.2%)

p = 0.443

 Intermediate

31 (49.2%)

26 (41.3%)

 High

0

1 (1.6%)

Donor age (mean years)

32.1 (SD = 8.11)

30.2 (SD = 6.87)

p = 0.348

Type of Transplant

 Matched Related

0

4 (6.3%)

p = 0.045

 Matched Unrelated

6 (9.5%)

5 (7.9%)

 Haploidentical

23 (36.5%)

21 (33.3%)

 Mismatched Unrelated

4 (6.3%)

0

Commute distance (mean miles)

61.6 (SD = 55.6)

56.3 (SD = 26.74)

p = 0.644

Urban census tract

 Rural

6 (9.5%)

10 (15.9%)

p = 0.190

 Urban

26 (41.3%)

20 (31.7%)

Low-income census tract

 Low income

3 (4.8%)

7 (11.1%)

p = 0.133

 Not low income

28 (44.4%)

22 (34.9%)

Poverty rate (mean proportion)

5.52 (SD = 6.07)

7.59 (SD = 6.71)

p = 0.214

Median family income (mean)

128,542 (SD = 44,378)

115,756 (SD = 44,468)

p = 0.270

  1. SD standard deviation, OSH outside hospital, HCT-CI hematopoietic cell transplant comorbidity index, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status. Poverty rate and median family income reflects census tract of primary residence, not for individual participants
  2. Percentages reflect proportion of entire sample (n = 63)