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. 2018 Jul 10;132(9):973–976. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-06-858597

Table 1.

Familial relative risks of myeloid malignancies

Disease Hematologic malignancy in first-degree relative
Myeloid malignancy MPN PV Essential thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis MPN NOS Chronic myeloid leukemia MDS AML
No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI) No. SIR (95% CI)
Myeloid malignancy 479 1.99 (1.81-2.17) 265 2.86 (2.52-3.22) 131 3.21 (2.69-3.81) 76 2.73 (2.15-3.42) 25 2.49 (1.61-3.67) 33 2.50 (1.72-3.51) 39 1.06 (0.76-1.45) 59 2.31 (1.76-2.98) 120 1.38 (1.15-1.65)
MPN 267 2.79 (2.47-3.15) 181 4.93 (4.24-5.70) 94 5.76 (4.66-7.05) 54 4.97 (3.74-6.49) 11 2.76 (1.38-4.93) 21 4.05 (2.51-6.20) 20 1.37 (0.84-2.12) 22 2.19 (1.37-3.32) 47 1.36 (1.00-1.81)
PV 133 3.23 (2.70-3.83) 94 5.92 (4.78-7.24) 53 7.66 (5.74-10.02) 24 5.02 (3.22-7.47) 7 4.00 (1.61-8.24) 10 4.35 (2.08-8.00) 8 1.28 (0.55-2.53) 7 1.57 (0.63-3.23) 26 1.77 (1.15-2.59)
Essential thrombocythemia 78 2.65 (2.10-3.31) 56 4.99 (3.77-6.48) 23 4.53 (2.87-6.79) 22 6.30 (3.95-9.54) 3 2.48 (0.51-7.25) 8 5.13 (2.21-10.10) 5 1.12 (0.36-2.62) 4 1.31 (0.36-3.36) 13 1.21 (0.65-2.08)
Myelofibrosis 26 2.51 (1.64-3.68) 11 2.75 (1.37-4.92) 7 3.93 (1.58-8.10) 3 2.54 (0.52-7.43) 0 1 1.79 (0.05-9.95) 2 1.27 (0.15-4.57) 9 8.33 (3.81-15.82) 4 1.08 (0.29-2.76)
MPN NOS 33 2.21 (1.52-3.11) 21 3.87 (2.39-5.91) 10 4.03 (1.93-7.42) 8 5.06 (2.19-9.98) 1 1.72 (0.04-9.61) 2 2.74 (0.33-9.90) 5 2.25 (0.73-5.26) 3 2.16 (0.45-6.31) 4 0.77 (0.21-1.97)
Chronic myeloid leukemia 39 1.11 (0.79-1.51) 20 1.47 (0.90-2.27) 8 1.38 (0.60-2.72) 5 1.21 (0.39-2.82) 2 1.34 (0.16-4.85) 5 2.27 (0.74-5.30) 4 0.78 (0.21-1.99) 5 1.25 (0.40-2.91) 11 0.88 (0.44-1.57)
MDS 60 2.15 (1.64-2.76) 21 1.96 (1.21-3.00) 7 1.42 (0.57-2.92) 4 1.29 (0.35-3.29) 8 7.02 (3.03-13.83) 3 2.14 (0.44-6.26) 5 1.11 (0.36-2.59) 18 6.87 (4.07-10.86) 16 1.57 (0.90-2.55)
AML 120 1.43 (1.19-1.71) 47 1.46 (1.07-1.94) 26 1.87 (1.22-2.73) 13 1.32 (0.70-2.26) 4 1.15 (0.31-2.93) 4 0.86 (0.23-2.19) 11 0.87 (0.43-1.55) 16 1.77 (1.01-2.88) 46 1.53 (1.12-2.04)

NOS, not otherwise specified.