Table 2.

Results of the Cox proportional hazards model evaluating the prognostic importance of having two consecutive positive traumatic lumbar punctures (TLP++) in patients whose final CNS classification was CNS 1 or TLP++*

Adverse featureHazard ratio95% CIP value
TLP++ 2.39 (1.36, 4.20) .003  
NCI high-risk group 2.04 (1.29, 3.24) .002  
DNA index < 1.16 or > 1.6 1.53 (0.83, 2.80) .17  
T-cell ALL 1.51 (0.85, 2.67) .16 
Adverse featureHazard ratio95% CIP value
TLP++ 2.39 (1.36, 4.20) .003  
NCI high-risk group 2.04 (1.29, 3.24) .002  
DNA index < 1.16 or > 1.6 1.53 (0.83, 2.80) .17  
T-cell ALL 1.51 (0.85, 2.67) .16 

CNS indicates central nervous system; CI, confidence interval; NCI, National Cancer Institute; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

*

 Stratified for treatment protocol and simultaneously adjusting for NCI/Rome criteria, DNA index, and immunophenotype.

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