Table 3:
Option |
Sufficiency of bone marrow cell populations in defining an adequate sample as considered by each participant, n (%) | |||||
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Very Sufficient | Somewhat sufficient | Somewhat insufficient | Not sufficient at all | No Response | ||
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Unweighted | ||||||
Abnormal PCs only | 3 (18) | 4 (24) | 2 (12) | 5 (29) | 3 (18) | |
Mast cells only | 1 (6) | 9 (53) | 4 (24) | 0 (0) | 3 (18) | |
Hematogones only | 2 (12) | 5 (29) | 6 (35) | 1 (6) | 3 (18) | |
Erythroid Precursors only | 0 (0) | 6 (35) | 3 (18) | 5 (29) | 3 (18) | |
Myeloid Precursors only | 0 (0) | 6 (35) | 5 (29) | 2 (12) | 4 (24) | |
2 or more cell populationsa | 13 (76) | 4 (24) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
All cell populations | 10 (59) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 6 (35) | |
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Weightedb | Scores | |||||
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4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Weighted Total | ||
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Abnormal PCs only | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | |
Mast cells only | 4 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 39 | |
Hematogones only | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 36 | |
Erythroid Precursors only | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 29 | |
Myeloid Precursors only | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 30 | |
2 or more cell populationsa | 52 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
All cell populations | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
Provided one of the cell populations is mast cells
Each response was given a weight and the results retabulated: very sufficient: 4; somewhat sufficient: 3; somewhat not sufficient: 2; not sufficient at all: 1; no response: 0 (omitted from table)
Bold type: Consensus criteria adopted for sample adequacy