Table 1 -. The frequency distribution of childhood leukemia, demography and KMT2A status, Brazil, 2000-2013.
| Cases n (%) |
Controls n (%) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Leukemia Subtype | |||
| ALL | 164 (59.2) | - | - |
| AML | 113 (40.8) | - | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 147 (53.5) | 144 (48.0) | 0.211 |
| Female | 128 (46.5) | 156 (52.0) | |
| NI | 2 | 0 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 164 (60.3) | 136 (49.0) | 0.010 |
| Non-white* | 108 (39.7) | 142 (51.0) | |
| NI | 5 | 22 | |
| KMT2A Status | |||
| KMT2A-r | 103 (48.1) | - | - |
| KMT2A-WT | 111 (51.9) | - | |
| NI | 63 | - | |
| Total | 277 (48.0) | 300 (52.0) | - |
ALL: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; AML: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; NI: No Information available; KMT2A-r: KMT2A rearranged; KMT2A-WT: KMT2A wild type.
(*) Comprises Brazilians with genetic admixture and self-defined skin color.