Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics

OverallMDSCMMLP value
n (% or IQR) 100 82 18  
Age, y 69.0 (62.5-75.0) 68.0 (60.2-74.8) 72.5 (69.0-75.8) .057 
Male 62 (62.0) 53 (64.6) 9 (50.0) .373 
Hemoglobin, g/dL 9.3 (8.4-10.1) 9.2 (8.5-10.0) 9.5 (8.3-10.9) .555 
Platelets, ×109 cells per L 52.0 (21.5-104.0) 53.0 (22.0-98.0) 48.0 (21.8-194.5) .615 
ANC, ×109 cells per L 0.9 (0.5-1.8) 0.8 (0.4-1.5) 2.8 (1.7-9.8) <.001 
BM blast, % 10.0 (5.0-14.8) 9.0 (4.0-14.2) 11.5 (10.0-14.2) .039 
Complex cytogenetics 38 (38.4) 36 (43.9) 2 (11.8) .027 
Cytogenetic risk category     
Very good  1 (1.2)  .148 
Good  20 (24.7)   
Intermediate  12 (14.8)   
Poor  12 (14.8)   
Very poor  36 (44.4)   
WHO fifth edition     
MDS-f  2 (2.4)  <.001 
MDS-IB1  14 (17.1)   
MDS-IB2  33 (40.2)   
MDS-LB  11 (13.4)   
MDS-LB-SF3B1  1 (1.2)   
MDS-biTP53  21 (25.6)   
MD-CMML   7 (38.9)  
MP-CMML   11 (61.1)  
IPSS-R     
Low  2 (2.5)  .283 
Intermediate  8 (9.9)   
High  27 (33.3)   
Very high  44 (54.3)   
IPSS-M     
Low  2 (2.4)  .058 
Moderate low  3 (3.7)   
Moderate high  6 (7.3)   
High  22 (26.8)   
Very high  49 (59.8)   
TP53  33 (33.7) 30 (38.5) 2 (11.8) .068 
TP53 multihit  21 (21.4) 21 (26.2)   
Mutational ontology      
Chromatin remodeling 8 (8.0) 6 (7.3) 2 (11.1) <.001 
DNA methylation 7 (7.0) 6 (7.3) 1 (5.6)  
Other mutations 18 (18.0) 17 (20.7) 1 (5.6)  
RAS signaling 14 (14.0) 6 (7.3) 8 (44.4)  
Spliceosome 2 (2.0) 1 (1.2) 1 (5.6)  
Transcription factors 18 (18.0) 16 (19.5) 2 (11.1)  
R. tyrosine kinase 1 (1.0)  1 (5.6)  
OverallMDSCMMLP value
n (% or IQR) 100 82 18  
Age, y 69.0 (62.5-75.0) 68.0 (60.2-74.8) 72.5 (69.0-75.8) .057 
Male 62 (62.0) 53 (64.6) 9 (50.0) .373 
Hemoglobin, g/dL 9.3 (8.4-10.1) 9.2 (8.5-10.0) 9.5 (8.3-10.9) .555 
Platelets, ×109 cells per L 52.0 (21.5-104.0) 53.0 (22.0-98.0) 48.0 (21.8-194.5) .615 
ANC, ×109 cells per L 0.9 (0.5-1.8) 0.8 (0.4-1.5) 2.8 (1.7-9.8) <.001 
BM blast, % 10.0 (5.0-14.8) 9.0 (4.0-14.2) 11.5 (10.0-14.2) .039 
Complex cytogenetics 38 (38.4) 36 (43.9) 2 (11.8) .027 
Cytogenetic risk category     
Very good  1 (1.2)  .148 
Good  20 (24.7)   
Intermediate  12 (14.8)   
Poor  12 (14.8)   
Very poor  36 (44.4)   
WHO fifth edition     
MDS-f  2 (2.4)  <.001 
MDS-IB1  14 (17.1)   
MDS-IB2  33 (40.2)   
MDS-LB  11 (13.4)   
MDS-LB-SF3B1  1 (1.2)   
MDS-biTP53  21 (25.6)   
MD-CMML   7 (38.9)  
MP-CMML   11 (61.1)  
IPSS-R     
Low  2 (2.5)  .283 
Intermediate  8 (9.9)   
High  27 (33.3)   
Very high  44 (54.3)   
IPSS-M     
Low  2 (2.4)  .058 
Moderate low  3 (3.7)   
Moderate high  6 (7.3)   
High  22 (26.8)   
Very high  49 (59.8)   
TP53  33 (33.7) 30 (38.5) 2 (11.8) .068 
TP53 multihit  21 (21.4) 21 (26.2)   
Mutational ontology      
Chromatin remodeling 8 (8.0) 6 (7.3) 2 (11.1) <.001 
DNA methylation 7 (7.0) 6 (7.3) 1 (5.6)  
Other mutations 18 (18.0) 17 (20.7) 1 (5.6)  
RAS signaling 14 (14.0) 6 (7.3) 8 (44.4)  
Spliceosome 2 (2.0) 1 (1.2) 1 (5.6)  
Transcription factors 18 (18.0) 16 (19.5) 2 (11.1)  
R. tyrosine kinase 1 (1.0)  1 (5.6)  

ANC, absolute neutrophil count; IQR, interquartile range.

n = 95/100.

Multihit status was determined as one of the following (1) TP53 VAF ≥ 50%; (2) TP53 + 17 or 17p deletion; or (3) ≥2 TP53 mutations.

Mutational groups as published in Ogawa 2019.25 

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