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

Table 3. Multivariable Analysis of Genetic Ancestries for Association With Survival and Relapse Outcomes for the Entire Cohort.

Prognostic factor Event-free survival Overall survival Cumulative incidence of relapse
HR (95% CI) P valuea HR (95% CI) P valuea HR (95% CI) P valuea
Age at diagnosis, y
<1 2.4 (1.1-5.0) .06 4.3 (1.6-11.6) .001 1.0 (0.4-2.6) .93
≥1 to <10 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
≥10 1.2 (0.9-1.6) 1.7 (1.2-2.6) 1.0 (0.7-1.4)
Leukocyte count at diagnosis, cells/µL
<50 000 1 [Reference] .006 1 [Reference] .04 1 [Reference] .007
≥50 000 1.5 (1.1-2.1) 1.5 (1.0-2.3) 1.6 (1.1-2.4)
Biological subtypesb
ETV6-RUNX1 1 [Reference] <.001 1 [Reference] <.001 1 [Reference] <.001
DUX4 1.8 (0.7-4.4) 1.5 (0.4-6.6) 2.2 (0.8-6.2)
Hyperdiploid 2.0 (1.0-3.8) 1.9 (0.7-5.4) 2.1 (1-4.6)
ZNF384 2.9 (0.9-8.9) 3.4 (0.6-17.9) 2.9 (0.8-10.9)
B other 3.4 (1.7-6.8) 3.8 (1.3-10.7) 4.7 (2.1-10.7)
CRLF2 7.2 (3.4-15.0) 8.8 (3.0-26.2) 5.4 (2.2-13.5)
ETV6-RUNX1–like 6.3 (2.7-14.9) 9.4 (2.8-31.1) 5.2 (1.9-14.4)
KMT2A 6.5 (2.9-14.7) 6.7 (2.0-22.5) 9.9 (3.9-24.8)
Low hypodiploid 10.0 (3.7-27.5) 17.4 (5.0-60.4) 20.0 (6.9-58.0)
MEF2D 4.5 (1.3-15.8) 6.8 (1.3-35.7) 3.4 (0.7-16.9)
Near haploid 12.2 (3.9-38.1) 35.0 (9.0-136.0) 8.7 (1.9-39.9)
PAX5alt 3.5 (1.6-7.5) 2.0 (0.5-7.7) 5.1 (2.2-12.2)
BCR-ABL1 7.4 (3.3-16.5) 7.4 (2.3-24.1) 7.5 (2.8-20.1)
BCR-ABL1–like 6.9 (3.1-15.4) 7.3 (2.3-23.5) 6.7 (2.6-17.2)
T-ALL 4.8 (2.5-9.0) 6.3 (2.4-16.9) 4.0 (1.8-9)
TCF3-PBX1 2.3 (1.0-5.3) 3.5 (1.0-11.5) 2.4 (0.9-6.4)
Percentage genetic ancestryc
European 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
African (every 25% increase) 1.2 (1.1-1.4) .005 1.2 (1.01-1.4) .04 1.3 (1.1-1.5) .006
Native American (every 25% increase) 1.3 (1.01-1.6) .04 1.4 (1.01-1.9) .04 1.2 (0.9-1.6) .16
East Asian (every 25% increase) 1.0 (0.7-1.4) .87 1.0 (0.7-1.6) .88 1.0 (0.7-1.5) .96
South Asian (every 25% increase) 0.9 (0.7-1.3) .70 1.0 (0.7-1.6) .98 0.8 (0.5-1.3) .42

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HR, hazard ratio; T-ALL, T-cell ALL.

SI conversion factor: To convert leukocytes to cells  × 109/L, multiply by 0.001.

a

P value for event-free survival and overall survival determined by Cox proportional hazards regression test and P value for cumulative incidence of any relapse determined by Fine-Gray competing risks regression. Treatment protocol was included as a covariate for all analyses. Because each cohort and site had their own ALL protocol, this adjusted for potential confounding effects arising from differences in treatment and other factors across sites.

b

Subtypes with fewer than 10 patients (ie, NUTM1 and PAX5 P80R) in the whole outcomes cohort were combined into B other.

c

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 a reference. Hazard ratios are represented for every 25% increase in ancestry; for example, for every 25% increase in African ancestry with corresponding 25% decrease in European ancestry (and remaining ancestries fixed), there is a 1.2-fold increase in risk of event and 1.3-fold increase in risk of relapse.