Table 4.

Prognostic evaluation of various clinical and laboratory parameters in 114 patients with myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia

ParameterEffect on survival
from time of
diagnosis (P)
Bone marrow angiogenesis < .01 
Sex .20 
Age < .01 
Bone marrow cytogenetics (normal vs abnormal) .27  
Bone marrow cellularity .45  
Degree of reticulin fibrosis .50  
Degree of osteosclerosis .25 
Megakaryocyte clumping .95  
Dupriez score .88 
Hemoglobin level .13  
White blood cell count .61 
Platelet count .84  
Circulating blast percentage .02 
Red cell transfusion dependency .41 
Spleen size .16  
Liver size .24  
History of weight loss .76 
ParameterEffect on survival
from time of
diagnosis (P)
Bone marrow angiogenesis < .01 
Sex .20 
Age < .01 
Bone marrow cytogenetics (normal vs abnormal) .27  
Bone marrow cellularity .45  
Degree of reticulin fibrosis .50  
Degree of osteosclerosis .25 
Megakaryocyte clumping .95  
Dupriez score .88 
Hemoglobin level .13  
White blood cell count .61 
Platelet count .84  
Circulating blast percentage .02 
Red cell transfusion dependency .41 
Spleen size .16  
Liver size .24  
History of weight loss .76 

Values in boldface indicate parameters that were identified by both univariate and multivariate analyses as risk factors for overall survival.

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