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. 2012 Jun 7;12:25. doi: 10.1186/1475-2867-12-25

Table 5.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 65 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients

Characteristics Patients
Gender patients (male/female)
65 (37/28)
Age, median (range)
51 (16-76)
WBC count (X109/L), median (range)
13.4 (0.580-292)
Hemoglobin (g/dL), median (range)
9.6 (5.6-12.7)
Platelet count (X109/L), median (range)
68 (11-538)
ECOG PS, 0/1/2/3/4
17/18/20/9/1
FAB
2/5/11/9/6/12/0/2/2/11
10/M1/M2/M3/M4/M5/M6/M7/bilineal/AML-NK/Unclassifiable)
WHO
14/16/3/31
current genetic abnormalities/multilineage dysplasia/therapy-related/not otherwise categorized)
De novo AML/Secondary AML
51/14
Cytogenetic risk group, (MRC) unfavorable/intermediate/unfavorable/no cytogenetic information)
15/31/12/7
Blasts in peripheral blood (%), median (range)
32.5 (2-98)
Blasts in bone marrow (%), median (range)
79 (20-100)
Alterations in Chromosome 5/Chromosome 7/Chromosome11/without results
7 (11.9%)/7 (11.9%)/11 (22.9%)/6
Blast CD34+ (YES/NO)
33/31
Blast CD117 (YES/NO)
41/23
Blast CD56+YES/NO)
11/54
Blast CD133+(YES/NO)
20/27
Blast CD123+(YES/NO)
12/23
Blast HLA-DR+(YES/NO)
34/21
Patient eligible/not eligible for treatment 50/15

24 were new patients and 41 were previously studied [17]. PS, Performance Status. WBC, white blood cell. FAB indicates French American British classification [19] and WHO indicates World Health Organization classification [20]. MRC, cytogenetic classification of Medical Research Cancer [21].