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. 2022 Jan 27;8(3):354–363. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6826

Table 2. Association of Genetic Ancestries (25% Interval) as Continuous Variables With Biological Subtypes.

Subtype Overall P valuea Percentage African Percentage Native Americanb Percentage East Asianb Percentage South Asianb
OR (95% CI)c P valuea OR (95% CI) P valuea OR (95% CI)c P valuea OR (95% CI)c P valuea
B-ALL
Hyperdiploid <.001d 0.77 (0.68-0.86) <.001d 0.86 (0.78-0.94) <.001d 0.95 (0.88-1.02) .20 0.84 (0.70-0.98) .02
ETV6-RUNX1 .001d 1.07 (0.96-1.20) .22 0.80 (0.70-0.91) <.001d 0.98 (0.89-1.06) .59 1.10 (0.94-1.27) .24
B other <.001d 0.94 (0.78-1.10) .45 1.32 (1.18-1.47) <.001d 0.96 (0.85-1.08) .51 0.88 (0.64-1.11) .30
BCR-ABL1–like <.001d 0.84 (0.68-1.02) .08 1.12 (0.98-1.26) .10 0.79 (0.66-0.92) .002d 0.81 (0.55-1.07) .16
PAX5alt .09 1.15 (0.97-1.35) .11 1.10 (0.93-1.27) .26 1.15 (1.02-1.30) .02 1.19 (0.94-1.45) .14
DUX4 <.001d 0.70 (0.48-0.93) .01d 1.02 (0.85-1.2) .83 1.30 (1.16-1.45) <.001d 1.26 (1.01-1.52) .04
CRLF2 <.001d 0.78 (0.54-1.04) .09 1.48 (1.29-1.69) <.001d 0.81 (0.64-0.99) .04 1.18 (0.88-1.49) .25
TCF3-PBX1 <.001d 1.49 (1.25-1.76) <.001d 1.30 (1.09-1.53) .004d 1.19 (1.01-1.38) .03 1.02 (0.67-1.38) .91
KMT2A .47 1.09 (0.85-1.36) .47 0.86 (0.64-1.10) .25 0.94 (0.76-1.13) .52 1.18 (0.85-1.52) .29
BCR-ABL1 .79 0.96 (0.71-1.24) .79 0.89 (0.66-1.13) .34 1.03 (0.84-1.22) .79 0.92 (0.54-1.30) .69
ETV6-RUNX1–like .06 0.70 (0.38-1.04) .08 1.22 (0.99-1.48) .06 0.98 (0.78-1.20) .87 1.18 (0.81-1.56) .35
ZNF384 .004d 1.08 (0.76-1.45) .63 1.09 (0.81-1.40) .55 1.40 (1.18-1.66) <.001d 1.15 (0.73-1.60) .49
MEF2D .004d 1.37 (1.06-1.74) .02 1.14 (0.85-1.47) .36 1.08 (0.79-1.37) .59 0.04 (2.45E-07-1.04) .06
Near haploid .09 1.05 (0.74-1.41) .76 0.56 (0.24-0.93) .02 0.84 (0.58-1.10) .22 1.08 (0.62-1.54) .74
Low hypodiploid .48 1.30 (0.91-1.77) .14 1.09 (0.74-1.51) .63 0.95 (0.62-1.31) .77 0.92 (0.20-1.59) .82
PAX5 P80R .17 0.85 (0.40-1.36) .55 1.24 (0.89-1.66) .19 0.70 (0.32-1.08) .12 1.25 (0.69-1.84) .38
NUTM1 .67 1.42 (0.89-2.12) .13 1.09 (0.61-1.71) .73 1.20 (0.82-1.69) .33 1.39 (0.68-2.19) .29
T-ALLe <.001d 1.22 (1.07-1.37) .003d 0.53 (0.40-0.67) <.001d 0.80 (0.71-0.90) <.001d 0.97 (0.79-1.16) .76

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; B-ALL, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; T-ALL, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

a

Derived from the Firth multiple logistic regression model. Overall subtype P values were determined by likelihood ratio test, and the Bonferroni-adjusted P value threshold is .003. For individual subtype-ancestry assessment, P values were determined by the Wald test, and the Bonferroni-adjusted threshold for significance is .01.

b

Percentage genetic ancestry assessed as a continuous variable, with each ancestry varying from 0% to 100%. The 4 non-European ancestries were included in the model, leaving European ancestry out as the reference.

c

ORs represent intervals of every 25% increase; for example, for every 25% increase in Native American ancestry with corresponding 25% decrease in European ancestry (and remainder of ancestries fixed), there is a 1.48-fold increase in the odds of developing CRLF2-rearranged ALL.

d

Significant after correction for multiple testing.

e

T-ALL evaluated within Ma-Spore, St Jude, and Guatemala cohorts only, as these were unselected cohorts that treated both B-ALL and T-ALL.