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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Leuk Res. 2012 Jun 21;36(10):1255–1261. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.05.016

Table 6.

Treatment tolerability stratified by age.

All (n = 34) <60 y (n = 18) ≥60 y (n = 16) p
Length of stay, days, Mean(SD) 37.2 (10.6) 34.2 (9.4) 40.5 (11.2) 0.09
Occurrence of sepsis 26.5% 11.1% 43.8% 0.052
ICU admission 11.5% 16.7% 6.3% 0.60
Complete remission post IC 70.6% 77.8% 62.5% 0.22
Time to cycle 2 of chemotherapy from the start of IC, mean (SD) number of days 49.9 (10.0) 48.0 (11.5) 53.0 (6.4) 0.32
Time to cycle 2 of chemotherapy from discharge, mean (SD) number of days 16.8 (5.6) 14.5 (4.7) 20.7 (5.2) 0.015

ICU = Intensive care unit; IC = Induction chemotherapy.