Table 1

Clinical and hematologic features of patients with MDS without excess blasts classified according to the unsupervised clustering analysis including WHO classification criteria and mutation pattern

Clinical variablesMDS associated with SF3B1 mutationMDS NOSMDS with MD-associated mutations*
No. of patients 51 55 51 
Age (years) 69 (46-88) 67 (29-88) 71 (45-88) 
Sex (male/female) 24/27 27/28 32/19 
WHO category    
 RA 22 
 RARS 31 
 RCMD 26 40 
 RCMD-RS 16 
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 9.4 (6.9-12.8) 9.5 (6.5-13.9) 9.2 (6.1-12.9) 
WBC count (×109/L) 5.1 (1.4-9.3) 3.9 (1.18-10.6) 3.4 (0.6-11.1) 
ANC (×109/L) 2.7 (0.8-7.5) 2.0 (0.1-7.6) 1.5 (0.1-7.8) 
Platelets (×109/L) 247 (16-536) 98 (5-434) 111 (7-315) 
BM blasts (%) 1 (0-4) 2 (0-4) 3 (1-4) 
RS (%) 65 (2-95) 0 (0-77) 0 (0-62) 
Karyotype (IPSS-R)    
 Very good — 
 Good 38 39 37 
 Intermediate 
 High 
 Very high — — 
Failed 
No. of mutations 2 (1-9) 1 (0-5) 3 (1-7) 
Clinical variablesMDS associated with SF3B1 mutationMDS NOSMDS with MD-associated mutations*
No. of patients 51 55 51 
Age (years) 69 (46-88) 67 (29-88) 71 (45-88) 
Sex (male/female) 24/27 27/28 32/19 
WHO category    
 RA 22 
 RARS 31 
 RCMD 26 40 
 RCMD-RS 16 
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 9.4 (6.9-12.8) 9.5 (6.5-13.9) 9.2 (6.1-12.9) 
WBC count (×109/L) 5.1 (1.4-9.3) 3.9 (1.18-10.6) 3.4 (0.6-11.1) 
ANC (×109/L) 2.7 (0.8-7.5) 2.0 (0.1-7.6) 1.5 (0.1-7.8) 
Platelets (×109/L) 247 (16-536) 98 (5-434) 111 (7-315) 
BM blasts (%) 1 (0-4) 2 (0-4) 3 (1-4) 
RS (%) 65 (2-95) 0 (0-77) 0 (0-62) 
Karyotype (IPSS-R)    
 Very good — 
 Good 38 39 37 
 Intermediate 
 High 
 Very high — — 
Failed 
No. of mutations 2 (1-9) 1 (0-5) 3 (1-7) 

IPSS-R, revised international prognostic scoring system; WBC, white blood cell.

*

MD-associated mutations: DNA methylation, splicing factors other than SF3B1, RAS pathway, and cohesin complex.

ANC indicates absolute neutrophil count.

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