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Table 3 Pooled estimates in MSCs group and no MSCs group

From: Mesenchymal stromal cells as prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease in haplo-identical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients with severe aplastic anemia?—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pooled estimates

Pooling model

Number of studies, haplo-HSCT + MSCs/haplo-HSCT alone

haplo-HSCT + MSCs (95% CI)

haplo-HSCT alone (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

p value

aGVHD

Fixed/random

7/9

56.0% (48.6%, 63.5%)

47.2% (29.0%, 65.4%)

1.43 (0.91–2.25)

0.123

Grade II–IV aGVHD

Fixed/random

8/20

29.8% (24.1%, 35.5%)

30.6% (26.6%,34.6%)

0.97 (0.70–1.32)

0.889

cGVHD

Fixed/random

8/18

25.4% (19.8%, 31.0%)

30.0% (23.3%,36.6%)

0.79 (0.56–1.11)

0.187

2-year OS

Fixed/fixed

8/12

84.9% (80.4%, 89.3%)

85.2% (81.6%,88.8%)

0.98 (0.60–1.61)

1.000

Engraftment rate

Fixed/fixed

8/17

98.9% (96.4%, 100.0%)

98.6% (96.5%,99.8%)

1.02 (0.66–1.54)

1.000

CMV infection rate

Random/random

5/10

52.4% (31.6–73.1%)

64.1% (52.9–75.2%)

0.61 (0.40–1.92)

0.018

  1. Abbreviations: GVHD graft-versus-host disease, aGVHD acute GVHD, cGVHD chronic GVHD, MSCs mesenchymal stromal cells, haplo-HSCT haplo-identical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, OR odds ratio, OS overall survival, CI confidence interval, CMV cytomegalovirus