Table 1.
Characteristics of patients
| Characteristics | n (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontline | Variant | ||
| No. | 31 (86) | 5 (14) | |
| Median age, y (range) | 55 (37-89) | 68 (50-73) | .05 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 21 (68) | 4 (80) | .58 |
| Female | 10 (32) | 1 (20) | |
| Median WBC, ×109/L (range) | 2.7 (0.9-8.2) | 68.5 (31.6-74.1) | .001 |
| Median PLT, ×109/L (range) | 77 (36-206) | 144 (119-275) | .005 |
| Median BM hairy cells, % (range) | 16 (0-84) | 0 (0-81) | .6 |
| Liver size BCM, cm (range) | 0 (0-5)* | 0 (0-3)* | .66 |
| Spleen size BCM, cm (range) | 0 (0-7) | 0 (0-25) | .4 |
| Lymphadenopathy | |||
| Yes | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | .68 |
| No | 30 (97) | 5 (100) | |
WBC indicates white blood cell count; PLT, platelet count; and BCM, below costal margin.
*
Zero represents patients with inadequate BM smear specimens.