Table 1.

Patient characteristics for Agent Orange exposed and control subjects.

Sample #	Gender	Race	Branch of military	Age at diagnosis	MDS subtype	Prior chemo/RT
AO01	Male	White	Navy	61	MDS	No
AO02	Male	White	Army Reserve	59	MDS-U	No
AO03	Male	White	Army	67	RAEB-2	Yes
AO04	Male	White	Air Force	64	MDS-MLD	Yes
AO05	Male	White	Army	65	RAEB-1	Yes
AO06	Male	White	Air Force	77	MDS-U	No
AO07	Male	White	Air Force	61	MDS-MLD	No
AO08	Male	White	Army	61	MDS-U	No
AO09	Male	White	Army	62	MDS-U	Unknown
AO10	Male	White	Army	66	MDS	No
AO11	Male	White	Army	65	RARS	No
AO12	Male	White	Army	73	MDS-U	No
AO13	Male	White	Army	67	RAEB-2	Yes
AO14	Male	White	Army	76	RAEB-2	No
AO15	Male	White	Army	63	MDS-MLD	No
AO16	Male	White	Army	59	MDS-U	No
AO17	Male	White	Navy	64	MDS-U	Unknown
AO18	Male	White	Army	67	RAEB-1	Yes
AO19	Male	White	Army	64	MDS-U	No
AO20	Male	White	Army	68	MDS-U	No
AO21	Male	White	Army	64	MDS-U	No
AO22	Male	White	Army	73	MDS	No
AO23	Male	White	Air Force	68	MDS-MLD	No
AO24	Male	White	Air Force	65	MDS-U	No
AO25	Male	White	Navy	61	RARS	No
AO26	Male	White	Army	61	RARS	No
AO27	Male	White	Army	71	RARS	No
AO28	Male	White	Army	71	MDS-U	Yes
AO29	Male	White	Navy	65	MDS-U	No
AO30 (control)	Female	White	N/A	92	RAEB-2	No
AO31 (control)	Female	Hispanic	N/A	53	RARS	No
AO32 (control)	Female	White	N/A	48	RAEB-2	No
AO33 (control)	Female	White	N/A	66	RCMD	Yes
AO34 (control)	Male	White	N/A	39	MDS-U	No
AO35 (control)	Male	White	N/A	73	RAEB-1	No
AO36 (control)	Male	White	N/A	52	RAEB-1	No
AO37 (control)	Male	White	N/A	57	RAEB-1	No
AO38 (control)	Male	White	N/A	66	RAEB-2	No

RT: radiation therapy.