Indwelling time of peripherally inserted central catheters and incidence of bloodstream infections in haematology patients: a cohort study

Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted analysis of risk factors for CLABSIs in haematology patients

Variables retained in univariate model	Unadjusted HR (95% CI)
AA	8.1 (3.5–19.0)
ALL	1.2 (0.99–3.2)
Autologous SCT	0.22 (0.1–0.6)
Chemotherapy	2.5 (1.4–4.4)
Induction chemotherapy ALL	2.2 (1.0–4.8)
SCT	3.0 (1.6–5.6)
Line rank (2nd vs 1st)	1.6 (0.99–2.7)
Line rank (3rd vs 2nd)	0.15 (0.02–1.1)
NHL	0.60 (0.33–1.1)
Number of lumens (3 vs 2)	2.1 (1.1–4.2)

Variables retained in multivariate model	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
AA	6.5 (2.8–15.2)
Autologous SCT	0.24 (0.10–0.61)

The following variables were not statistically significant in a univariate model: gender, age, acute myeloid leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, chronic myeloid leukaemia, chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia, myeloproliferative neoplasm, other malignancies, allogeneic SCT, induction AML, consolidation ALL, induction lymphoma, induction multiple myeloma, side of insertion, duration of insertion procedure, need for repositioning after placement, year of insertion, total parenteral nutrition
AA, aplastic anaemia; ALL, Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; SCT, stem cell transplantation; NHL, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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