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. 2021 Sep 3;5(17):3322–3332. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004430

Table 3.

Relationship between IKZF1 lesions and baseline characteristics for both PCR and MLPA methods

IKZF1 WT ΔIKZF1 * IKZF1 plus* P ΔIKZF1 LOF ΔIKZF1 DN P
PCR-determined N = 384 N = 114 Deleted vs WT N = 48 N = 66
Age, median (range), y 45.0 (23-65) 48.0 (25-65) .13 47.5 (25-64) 48.0 (26-65) .46/.13
Age over 40 y at randomization, N (%) 240 (62.5) 75 (65.8) .52 31 (64.6) 44 (66.7) .78/.52
Male sex, N (%) 212 (55.2) 58 (50.9) .40 28 (58.3) 30 (45.5) .70/.14
ECOG 0, N (%) 236 (62.1) 68 (59.6) .63 24 (50.0) 44 (66.7) .10/.48
Baseline WBC (range x 109/L) 8.5 (0.11-889.6) 14.3 (0.6-341.28) .016 14.1 (1.6-223.7) 15.0 (0.6-341.28) .059/.079
Genetic subtype, N (%)
BCR-ABL1 98 (25.5) 69 (60.5) <.0001 29 (60.4) 40 (60.6) <.0001/<.0001
 Complex karyotype 15 (3.9) 2 (1.8) .58 0 2 (3.0) .71/.7 5
 Failed/no data 50 (13.0) 6 (5.3) NA 2 (4.2) 4 (6.1) NA
 High hyperdiploid 10 (2.6) 0 NA 0 0 NA
 JAK-STAT 10 (2.6) 16 (14.0) NA 10 (20.8) 6 (9.1) NA
KMT2A other 7 (1.8) 0 NA 0 0 NA
 KMT2A-AFF1 41 (10.7) 1 (0.9) .001 0 1 (1.5) .008/.011
 Low hypodiploid/Near triploid 35 (9.1) 1 (0.9) .002 0 1 (1.5) .022/.027
 Other 104 (27.1) 19 (16.7) NA 7 (14.6) 12 (18.2) NA
TCF3-PBX1 14 (3.6) 0 NA 0 0 NA
UKALL14 high risk, N (%) 319 (83.1) 101 (88.6) .57 43 (89.6) 58 (87.9) .48/.18
MLPA-determined x 109/L N = 235 N = 66 N = 83 Deleted vs WT/ IKZF1plus vs WT N = 100 N = 46 LOF vs WT/ DN vs WT
Age, median (range), y 44.0 (23-65) 43.0 (25-64) 49.0 (25-65) .69/.0017 45.0 (25-63) 49.0 (26-65) .14/0.099
Age over 40 y at randomization, N (%) 154 (57.9) 44 (57.1) 66 (71.0) .91/.0026 73 (63.5) 36 (69.2) .31/.13
Male sex, N (%) 143 (53.8) 47 (61.0) 49 (52.7) .27/.83 69 (60.0) 26 (50.0) .28/.60
ECOG 0, N (%) 158 (60.1) 47 (61.0) 61 (65.6) .88/.35 68 (59.1) 37 (71.2) .86/.13
Baseline WBC (range) 7.9 (0.11-889.6) 15.5 (1.1-213) 19.8 (0.6-453.9) .037/.0023 18.2 (0.9-453.9) 14.7 (0.6-213) .0003/.27
Genetic subtype, N (%)
 BCR-ABL1 56 (21.1) 49 (63.6) 49 (52.7) <.0001/<.0001 64 (55.7) 32 (61.5) <.0001/<.0001
 Complex karyotype 11 (4.1) 0 3 (3.2) .31/.57 1 (0.9) 2 (3.8) >.99>
 Failed/no data 38 (14.3) 4 (5.2) 5 (5.4) NA 5 (4.3) 4 (7.7) NA
 High hyperdiploid 9 (3.4) 0 0 NA 0 0 NA
 JAK-STAT 7 (2.6) 5 (6.5) 14 (15.1) NA 15 (13.0) 4 (7.7) NA
 KMT2A other 5 (1.9) 1 (1.3) 0 NA 1 (0.9) 0 NA
 KMT2A-AFF1 38 (14.3) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.1) <.0001/<.0001 1 (0.9) 0 <.0001./.001
 Low hypodiploid/near-triploid 2 (0.8) 0 1 (1.1) >.99> 1 (0.9) 0 >.99>
 Other 88 (33.1) 16 (20.8) 19 (20.4) NA 25 (21.7) 10 (19.2) NA
 TCF3-PBX1 12 (4.5) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.1) NA 2 (1.7) 0 NA
UKALL14 high risk baseline 206 (77.4) 65 (84.4) 85 (91.4) .14/.009 206 (77.4) 65 (84.4) .34/.090

See Table 1 for expansion of abbreviations.

*

IKZF1 and IKZF1plus are mutually exclusive categories in this table.

P values are χ2 for binary variables and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney for continuous.

One intersex patient (genetically male but identified as female) has been excluded from all comparisons by sex.