Table-III.
Association of demographics and disease characteristics of MPN patients.
| Patient demographics and disease characteristics | Disease | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PV | ET | PMF | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value | ||
| Age Groups | 1–15 Years | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.8) | 0.003 |
| > 15–30 Years | 2 (3.3) | 8 (26.7) | 5 (7.2) | ||
| > 30–50 Years | 24 (40) | 7 (23.3) | 19 (27.5) | ||
| > 50 Years | 34 (56.7) | 15 (50) | 41 (59.4) | ||
| Gender | Females | 18 (30) | 12 (40) | 25 (36.2) | 0.59 |
| Males | 42 (70) | 18 (60) | 44 (63.8) | ||
| Marital Status | Bachelor | 1 (1.7) | 5 (16.7) | 9 (13) | 0.02 |
| Married | 59 (98.3) | 25 (83.3) | 60 (87) | ||
| Phlebotomy | Nil | 1 (1.7) | 27 (90) | 63 (91.3) | 0.0001 |
| Upto 5 | 41 (68.3) | 3 (10) | 4 (5.8) | ||
| More than 5 | 18 (30) | 0 | 2 (2.9) | ||
| Pregnancy | Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 0.17 |
| Did not conceive since diagnosis | 7 (11.7) | 3 (10) | 5 (7.2) | ||
| Not Applicable | 53 (88.3) | 26 (86.7) | 64 (92.7) | ||
| BMA Trephine | Reticulin unremarkable | 16 (26.7) | 14 (46.7) | 0 (0) | 0.0001 |
| Reticulin 1 | 13 (21.7) | 7 (23.3) | 4 (5.8) | ||
| Reticulin 2 | 22 (36.7) | 7 (23.3) | 17 (24.6) | ||
| Reticulin 3 | 9 (15) | 2 (6.7) | 24 (34.8) | ||
| Reticulin 4 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (34.8) | ||
Note: Chi-square test was applied. P < 0.05 was statistically significant.