Table 2.

Correlation between CASP8AP2 gene expression and presenting clinicobiologic features

		CASP8AP2 expression, no.
Presenting feature	Patients studied, no.	Lower	Middle	Higher	P*
Age
Younger than 1 y	9	7	1	1	.016
1 to 9 y	203	58	71	74
10 y or older	76	31	24	21
Race
White	214	74	67	73	.401
Black	55	19	21	15
Other	19	3	8	8
Sex
Male	169	58	56	55	.905
Female	119	38	40	41
WBC, × 109/L
Less than 10	90	27	30	33	.328
10 to 50	85	27	26	32
50 to 100	52	16	17	19
More than 100	61	26	23	12
BCR-ABL
Present	16	6	5	5	.936
Absent	272	90	91	91
TEL-AML1
Present	57	15	19	23	.352
Absent	231	81	77	73
MLL-AF4
Present	18	10	5	3	.099
Absent	270	86	91	93
Ploidy
Hyperdiploid†	52	8	15	29	< .001
Others	236	88	81	67
DNA index
1.16 or higher	47	8	11	28	< .001
Less than 1.16	241	88	85	68

WBC indicates white blood cell count.

^*Calculated by general association test.

^†More than 50 chromosomes.