Table 1.
Variable | AML |
MDS |
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Patients(n = 9,219) |
Controls(n = 36,389) | Patients(n = 1,662) |
Controls(n = 6,489) | |||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Median age at diagnosis, years | 68 | 76 | ||||
% male | 52.8 | 53.0 | 54.9 | 54.9 | ||
Age group, years | ||||||
< 40 | 1,262 | 13.7 | 33 | 2.0 | ||
40-49 | 704 | 7.6 | 30 | 1.8 | ||
50-59 | 1,057 | 11.5 | 102 | 6.1 | ||
60-69 | 1,978 | 21.5 | 266 | 16.0 | ||
70-79 | 2,609 | 28.3 | 639 | 38.5 | ||
≥ 80 | 1,609 | 17.4 | 592 | 35.6 | ||
Year of diagnosis | ||||||
Before 1990 | 5,257 | 57.0 | 0 | |||
1990-1994 | 1,487 | 16.1 | 250 | 15.0 | ||
1995-2000 | 1,236 | 13.4 | 719 | 43.3 | ||
After 2000 | 1,239 | 13.5 | 693 | 41.7 |
Abbreviations: AML, acute myeloid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.