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Obesity does not preclude safe and effective myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in adults. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010 Oct;16(10):1442-50

Date

04/24/2010

Pubmed ID

20412867

Pubmed Central ID

PMC2933950

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.04.009

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-77956270036 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   63 Citations

Abstract

The incidence of excessive adiposity is increasing worldwide, and is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. We compared outcomes by body mass index (BMI) for adult patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who underwent autologous (auto, n = 373), related donor (RD, n = 2041), or unrelated donor (URD, n = 1801) allogeneic myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) using bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) from 1995 to 2004. Four weight groups by BMI (kg/m(2)) were defined: underweight <18 kg/m(2); normal 18-25 kg/m(2); overweight >25-30 kg/m(2); and obese >30 kg/m(2). Multivariable analysis referenced to the normal weight group showed an increased risk of death for underweight patients in the RD group (relative risk [RR], 1.92; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-2.89; P = .002), but not in the URD group. There were no other differences in outcomes among the other weight groups within the other HCT groups. Overweight and obese patients enjoyed a modest decrease in relapse incidence, although this did not translate into a survival benefit. Small numbers of patients limit the ability to better characterize the adverse outcomes seen in the underweight RD but not the underweight URD allogeneic HCT patients. Obesity alone should not be considered a barrier to HCT.

Author List

Navarro WH, Agovi MA, Logan BR, Ballen K, Bolwell BJ, Frangoul H, Gupta V, Hahn T, Ho VT, Juckett M, Lazarus HM, Litzow MR, Liesveld JL, Moreb JS, Marks DI, McCarthy PL, Pasquini MC, Rizzo JD

Authors

Brent R. Logan PhD Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Marcelo C. Pasquini MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
J. Douglas Rizzo MD, MS Director, Center Associate Director, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Comorbidity
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Graft vs Host Disease
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Leukemia, Myeloid
Male
Middle Aged
Myeloablative Agonists
Obesity
Overweight
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Thinness
Transplantation Conditioning
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult