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Table 4 Baseline patient demographic and disease characteristics in patients who evaluated for liver fibrosis

From: The effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell co-transplantation with hematopoietic stem cells on liver fibrosis alleviation and survival in patients with class III β-thalassemia major

Characteristics

Mesenchymal patients (n = 47, 61%)

Non-mesenchymal patients (n = 30, 39%)

P value

Age (years), mean (P25–P75)

15.4 (10.94–16.81)

11.5 (5.73–15.13)

0.019

Patient sex, n (%)

Male

27 (57.5%)

10 (33.3%)

0.039

Female

20 (42.5%)

20 (66.7%)

Donor sex, n (%)

Male

25 (53.2%)

10 (38.5%)

0.228

Female

22 (46.8%)

16 (61.5%)

Sex match status, n (%)

Sex-mismatch

26 (55.3%)

10 (38.5%)

0.168

Sex-match

21 (44.7%)

16 (61.5%)

ABO match status, n (%)

ABO-mismatched

18 (39.1%)

7 (25%)

0.213

ABO-matched

28 (60.9%)

21 (75%)

Source of HSCT, n (%)

BM

14 (29.8%)

14 (46.7%)

0.133

PB

33 (70.2%)

16 (53.3%)

Acute GvHD, n (%)

No

21 (44.7%)

17 (56.7%)

0.305

Yes

26 (55.3%)

13 (43.3%)

Chronic GvHD, n (%)

No

24 (51%)

16 (53.3%)

0.846

Yes

23 (49%)

14 (46.7%)

WBC (× 108/kg), mean (P25–P75)

8.38 (6.07–10.24)

7.13 (5.7–9.67)

0.732

MNC (× 108/kg), mean (P25–P75)

7.41 (3.3–8.11)

4.35 (2.71–8.22)

0.427

CD3 cell (× 106/kg), mean (P25–P75)

236.8 (76.02–335.6)

83.86 (62.3–269)

0.126

CD34 cell (× 106/kg), mean (P25–P75)

4.23 (2.6–6.42)

3.59 (2.8–8.07)

0.837

ANC engraftment (days), mean (P25–P75)

16.8 (14–21)

18.1 (15–24)

0.764

Platelets engraftment (days), mean (P25–P75)

25.8 (21–32)

35.6 (24–51)

0.273