Table 2.

Positive predictive value (PPV) of morphology or multiparametric flow cytometry (MFC) in predicting progression. Positive MFC was defined as the presence of any aberrant blasts. P-value was derived from a Fisher’s exact test.

	Remission	Progression	PPV	p-value
<5%	90	3	n/a
5–20%	25	9	26.5%
Negative MFC	99	6	n/a
Positive MFC	17	6	26.1%
<5%, negative MFC	83	2	n/a
<5%, positive MFC	7	1	12.5%
5–20%, negative MFC	16	4	20%	0.435
5–20%, positive MFC	9	5	35.7%