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. 2026 Jan 17;16:2813. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-32717-0

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Total (n = 1,274) Progression (n = 36) No progression (n = 1,238) P-value
Follow-up duration, months, median (range) 18.3 (3.3–65.0) 16.1 (7.1–40.5) 18.5 (3.2–65.2) 0.753
Age at ICUS diagnosis, years, median (range) 58.0 (44.0–69.0) 59.5 (40.8–66.3) 58.0 (44.0–69.0) 0.512
Age at censoring, years, median (range) 62.0 (49.0–72.0) 60.1 (43.0-68.3) 62.0 (49.0–72.0) 0.345

Sex, n (%)

Male

Female

689 (54.1) 24 (66.7) 665 (53.7) 0.124
585 (45.9) 12 (33.3) 573 (46.3)
WBC, × 103/µL, median (range) 5.7 (3.7–8.6) 3.7 (3.1–5.5) 5.7 (3.8–8.7) < 0.001

ANC, × 103/µL, median (range)

<1,800, n (%)

≥1,800, n (%)

2.9 (1.6–4.9) 1.6 (0.8–2.8) 3.0 (1.6–4.9) < 0.001
300 (23.6) 20 (55.6) 280 (22.6) < 0.001
816 (64.1) 16 (44.4) 800 (64.6)
Monocytes, ×103/µL, median (range) 0.41 (0.28–0.62) 0.33 (0.18–0.45) 0.41 (0.28–0.62) 0.085

Hemoglobin, g/dL, median (range)

< 13 (male) or 12 (female), n (%)

≥ 13 (male) or 12 (female), n (%)

11.3 (9.4–12.8) 10.3 (8.9–11.9) 11.3 (9.4–12.9) 0.005
892 (70.0) 33 (91.7) 859 (69.4) 0.004
382 (30.0) 3 (8.3) 379 (30.6)
MCV, fL, median (range) 92.2 (88.0–97.3) 99.9 (91.3–106.8) 92.1 (87.9–97.0) < 0.001

Platelet, × 103/µL, median (range)

< 150, n (%)

≥ 150, n (%)

122.5 (53.0–241.0) 86.0 (51.9–205.0) 126.0 (53.3–245.0) 0.370
720 (56.5) 21 (58.3) 699 (56.5) 0.823
554 (43.5) 15 (41.7) 539 (43.5)
BM cellularity, %, median (range) 35.0 (25.0–50.0) 40.0 (25.0–55.0) 35.0 (25.0–45.0) 0.186
BM blast, %, median (range) 0.8 (0.4–1.57) 1.2 (0.8–2.0) 0.8 (0.4–1.4) 0.019

ANC, absolute neutrophil count; BM, bone marrow; ICUS, idiopathic cytopenia of undetermined significance; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; WBC, white blood cell.