Table 5.

Overall clinical outcome



Whites

African Americans

P unadjusted (adjusted)*
Characteristic
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Comparing races
For AA men
Induction courses, n (%)         
   1   867 (70)   788 (74)   1655 (72)   87 (76)   111 (71)   198 (73)   .67   .34  
   2   366 (30)   279 (26)   645 (28)   27 (24)   45 (29)   72 (27)   (.35)   (.24)  
Response to induction, n (%)         
   CR   783 (64)   698 (65)   1481 (64)   61 (54)   109 (70)   170 (63)   .64   .01  
   NR/death   450 (37)   369 (35)   819 (36)   53 (46)   47 (30)   100 (37)   (.10)   (.001)  
Disease-free survival         
   5-year probability   0.26   0.27   0.26   0.27   0.21   0.21   .09   .21  
   Standard error   0.016   0.107   0.123   0.058   0.041   0.033   (.02)   (.08)  
Overall survival         
   5-year probability   0.24   0.26   0.25   0.16   0.26   0.22   .19   .04  
   Standard error
 
0.013
 
0.014
 
0.009
 
0.036
 
0.036
 
0.026
 
(.009)
 
(.004)
 


Whites

African Americans

P unadjusted (adjusted)*
Characteristic
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Total
Comparing races
For AA men
Induction courses, n (%)         
   1   867 (70)   788 (74)   1655 (72)   87 (76)   111 (71)   198 (73)   .67   .34  
   2   366 (30)   279 (26)   645 (28)   27 (24)   45 (29)   72 (27)   (.35)   (.24)  
Response to induction, n (%)         
   CR   783 (64)   698 (65)   1481 (64)   61 (54)   109 (70)   170 (63)   .64   .01  
   NR/death   450 (37)   369 (35)   819 (36)   53 (46)   47 (30)   100 (37)   (.10)   (.001)  
Disease-free survival         
   5-year probability   0.26   0.27   0.26   0.27   0.21   0.21   .09   .21  
   Standard error   0.016   0.107   0.123   0.058   0.041   0.033   (.02)   (.08)  
Overall survival         
   5-year probability   0.24   0.26   0.25   0.16   0.26   0.22   .19   .04  
   Standard error
 
0.013
 
0.014
 
0.009
 
0.036
 
0.036
 
0.026
 
(.009)
 
(.004)
 

Patient populations are as follows: white men, N = 1233; white women, N = 1067; total whites, N = 2300; African American men, N = 114; African American women, N = 156; and total African Americans, N = 270.

*

Adjusted P values control for age, M3 status, and white blood cell count

P values for comparison of African Americans to whites

P values for comparison of African American men to others

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