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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Jul 16;119(19):3555–3562. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28256

Table 2.

Allelic variants by patient characteristics

Combined H63D/C282Y (n=167) H63D (n=172) C282Y (n=179)

Characteristics Carrier (n=54) Non-Carrier (n=113) p value Carrier (n=41) Non-carrier (n=131) p value Carrier (n=18) Non-carrier (n=161) p value
Age at Diagnosis, years median (range) 6.8 (<1–17.9) 6.1 (<1–17.1) 0.51 9.8 (1.5–17.6) 6.1 (<1–17.9) 0.22 3.9 (<1–17.6) 7.0 (<1–17.6) 0.44
Age at Enrollment, years median (range) 15.2 (4.6–31.4) 15.2 (3.1–27.2) 0.50 15.8 (6.4–31.4) 15.2 (3.1–29.2) 0.27 14.3 (4.6–29.2) 15.3 (3.1–31.4) 0.61
Sex, Male, n (%) 33 (61) 58 (51) 0.25 23 (56) 71 (54) 0.86 13 (72) 85 (53) 0.14
Treatment, n (%)
 Doxorubicin only 20 (37) 41 (36) 0.99 14 (34) 49 (37) 0.85 9 (50) 57 (35) 0.30
 Dexrazoxane Before Doxorubicin 34 (63) 72 (64) 27 (66) 92 (63) 9 (50) 104 (65)
 Cumulative Doxorubicin Dose (mg/m2), median (range) 300 (204–382) 300 (240–366) 0.54 300 (204–382) 300 (240–420) 0.79 300 (288–360) 300 (204–382) 0.82

Number of Patients Evaluable 38 83 29 95 13 114
Multiple Abnormal cTnT Measurements During Doxorubicin Treatment 4 (11) 7 (8) 0.74 1 (3) 10 (11) 0.46 4 (31) 7 (6) 0.015
Other* 34 (89) 76 (92) 28 (97) 85 (89) 9 (69) 107 (94)
Number of Patients Evaluable 38 82 29 94 13 113
Multiple Abnormal NT-proBNP Measurements During Doxorubicin Treatment 33 (87) 72 (88) 0.99 25 (86) 82 (87) 0.99 11 (85) 100 (88) 0.65
Other* 5 (13) 10 (12) 4 (14) 12 (13) 2 (15) 13 (12)
*

Other: patients with no abnormal cTnT/NT-proBNP biomarker measurements or < 2 abnormal measurements