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Table 2

Comparison of patient characteristics between the discordant and nondiscordant groups

Characteristic	Nondiscordant		Discordant		Total	P
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	Total	P
Age
< 60 y	209	26	35	32	244	.17
≥ 60 y	597	74	74	68	671
Sex
Female	308	38	40	37	348	.76
Male	498	62	69	63	567
Diagnosis
RA/RARS/RCMD/RCMD-RS	355	44	16	14	371	< .001*
RAEB	316	39	43	39	359
RAEB-T	86	11	46	42	132
MDS-U	32	4	3	3	35
5q−	14	2	0	0	14
CMML	2	0.2	1	1	3
AML	1	0.1	0	0	1
IPSS
Low	161	20	7	6	168	< .001*
Intermediate-1	291	36	28	26	319
Intermediate-2	196	24	28	26	224
High	102	13	40	37	142
Not applicable	56	7	6	5	62
Cytogenetics
Diploid	343	43	44	41	387	.87
−5/−7	231	29	35	32	266
Other	162	20	22	20	184
Insufficient metaphases	70	8	8	7	78
WBC
<10	740	92	98	90	838	.47
≥ 10	61	7	11	10	72
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Platelet
< 100	488	60	79	72	567	.05*
≥ 100	313	39	30	28	343
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Hemoglobin
<10	428	53	76	70	504	.004*
≥ 10	373	46	33	30	406
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Marrow blasts
0-4	436	54	18	17	454	< .001*
5-10	162	20	32	29	194
11-20	115	14	25	23	140
> 20	64	8	33	30	97
Not done/not applicable	29	4	1	1	30
Transformation to AML
Yes	75	9	10	9	85	.96
No	731	91	99	91	830

Characteristic	Nondiscordant		Discordant		Total	P
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	Total	P
Age
< 60 y	209	26	35	32	244	.17
≥ 60 y	597	74	74	68	671
Sex
Female	308	38	40	37	348	.76
Male	498	62	69	63	567
Diagnosis
RA/RARS/RCMD/RCMD-RS	355	44	16	14	371	< .001*
RAEB	316	39	43	39	359
RAEB-T	86	11	46	42	132
MDS-U	32	4	3	3	35
5q−	14	2	0	0	14
CMML	2	0.2	1	1	3
AML	1	0.1	0	0	1
IPSS
Low	161	20	7	6	168	< .001*
Intermediate-1	291	36	28	26	319
Intermediate-2	196	24	28	26	224
High	102	13	40	37	142
Not applicable	56	7	6	5	62
Cytogenetics
Diploid	343	43	44	41	387	.87
−5/−7	231	29	35	32	266
Other	162	20	22	20	184
Insufficient metaphases	70	8	8	7	78
WBC
<10	740	92	98	90	838	.47
≥ 10	61	7	11	10	72
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Platelet
< 100	488	60	79	72	567	.05*
≥ 100	313	39	30	28	343
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Hemoglobin
<10	428	53	76	70	504	.004*
≥ 10	373	46	33	30	406
Information not available	5	1	0	0	5
Marrow blasts
0-4	436	54	18	17	454	< .001*
5-10	162	20	32	29	194
11-20	115	14	25	23	140
> 20	64	8	33	30	97
Not done/not applicable	29	4	1	1	30
Transformation to AML
Yes	75	9	10	9	85	.96
No	731	91	99	91	830

Statistically significant (P = .05).