3.1 Patient characteristics
A total of 148 patients were included in this study. The median age of patients was 45 years. Majority of the patients had underlying B cell lymphoma. The median age at diagnosis and at transplantation were 43.5 (IQR 14 to 67) and 45.5 (IQR 15 to 69) years respectively. The median period between diagnosis and AHSCT was 9.5 (IQR 2-112) months. Forty seven percent of patients were transplanted in first remission. The transplant related mortality was 3.4%. The summary of patients’ characteristics is shown in Table 1.