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Published in final edited form as: BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2023 Dec 7;13(e2):e344–e351. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002312

Table 1.

Characteristics of all patients with AML and by NCCN risk category.

Variable NCCN Risk Category
Total
(N=508)
Favorable
(n=139)
Intermediate
(n=175)
Poor
(n=194)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 264 (52.0) 72 (51.8) 92 (52.6) 100 (51.5)
 Female 244 (48.0) 67 (48.2) 83 (47.4) 94 (48.5)
Age, years
 Median 49.0 50.0 48.0 48.0
 IQR 40.0–55.0 43.0–55.0 40.0–55.0 38.0–55.0
WHO Performance Status, n (%)
 0 289 (58.6) 80 (59.3) 100 (59.2) 109 (57.7)
 1 143 (29.0) 43 (31.8) 50 (29.6) 50 (26.5)
 2 59 (12.0) 11 (8.2) 19 (11.2) 29 (15.3)
 3 2 (0.4) 1 (0.7) 0 (0) 1 (0.5)
 Missing 15 (-) 4 (-) 6 (-) 5 (-)
Presence of comorbidities, n (%)
 No comorbidities 402 (84.1) 106 (80.9) 136 (82.9) 160 (87.4)
 At least 1 comorbidity 76 (15.9) 25 (19.1) 28 (17.1) 23 (12.6)
 Missing 30 (-) 8 (-) 11 (-) 11 (-)
Hb level, g/dL
 Median 8.9 8.9 9.2 8.6
 IQR 8.1–10.0 8.2–10.0 8.2–10.5 8.0–9.8
WBC count, cells x109/L
 Median 14 17.4 5.7 27.3
 IQR 3.4–50.0 5.6–57.0 2.0–22.5 6.1–70.9
Blast cells, %
 Median 54.0 54.5 40.0 62.0
 IQR 20.0–80.0 20.0–74.0 10.0–77.0 39.0–90.0
Platelet count, x103/L
 Median 55.0 56.0 55.0 50.0
 IQR 29.0–94.0 28.0–94.0 30.0–108.0 28.0–82.0

Abbreviations. NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; IQR, interquartile range; WHO, World Health Organization; Hb, hemoglobin; WBC, white blood cell.