TABLE 2.
Multivariate analysis | |||
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Patient background | Frequency of Potential CH (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value a |
Age b | |||
≥56 y (N = 67) vs <56 y (N = 68) | 19% vs 15% | 1.15 (0.44‐3.05) | .77 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
White (non‐Hispanic) (N = 94) vs others (N = 41) | 22% vs 4.9% | 5.94 (1.27‐27.71) | .007 |
WHO grade | |||
Grade IV/III (N = 118) vs grade II (N = 17) | 19% vs 5.9% | 2.09 (0.23‐18.56) | .51 |
Treatment prior to blood draw | |||
Temozolomide and radiation (N = 101) vs not (N = 34) | 22% vs 2.9% | 8.98 (1.13‐71.46) | .04 |
Abbreviations: cfDNA, cell‐free DNA; CH, clonal hematopoiesis; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; WHO, World Health Organization.
The bold values represent the statistically significant P‐values (<.05).
At the time of blood draw for cfDNA (years), age 56 years is the median and was chosen as the cutoff; other cutoffs, for example, 65 or 70 years, were also not significant (P = .54 and P = .69, respectively).