Demographic and clinical characteristics
Demographic and clinical patient characteristics grouped by
race/ethnicity are presented in Table 1. For subsequent analyses,
patients were categorized as White (46.5%), Black (11.6%), Hispanic
(33.7%), or Native Americans (8.1%). The median follow-up time between
HSCT and last follow up was 7.23 years. Of the 86 patients included in
the study, an equal number (n = 43, 50%) had been diagnosed with
malignant and non-malignant conditions. Across racial/ethnic categories,
there were no significant differences in the types of conditioning
regimen received by the patients, the donor type (match), the donor
source, and CMV status of donor and recipient. There were significant
differences in the insurance type of patients across racial and ethnic
categories. While 86.2% of Hispanic patients, 70% of Black patients,
and 71.4% of Native American patients had Medicaid insurance, most
White patients (62.5%) had private insurance (p = 0.0005). In
addition, there were differences in household income by patient race;
most patients receiving transplants lived in areas where the median
household income is above $50,000 (72.4% for Hispanic patients, 82.0%
for White patients, and 80.0% for Black patients), where only 28.6% of
Native American patients lived in areas with this higher median income
(p = 0.03).