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Table 2 Comparison of clinical and biological characteristics between acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, with or without EKLF and C-MPL expression

From: Acute myeloid leukemia and transcription factors: role of erythroid Krüppel-like factor (EKLF)

 

Eklf positive

Eklf negative

P

cMpl positive

cMpl negative

p

Gender of patients (male/female)

22/13

15/15

0.297

25/21

12/7

0.514

Age/years (median)

46.0

50.6

0.463

46.2

53.8

0.237

Status Performance/ECOG

8/13/10/4/0

9/5/10/54

0.359

14/13/13/5/1

3/5/7/4/0

0.581

WBC count,x109/L (median)

21.05

51.15

0.049

22.4

63.7

0.006

Hemoglobin, g/dL (median)

9.5

9.5

0.920

9.6

9.2

0.396

Platelet count, x109(median)

107.0

71.1

0.114

84.3

106.1

0.388

Percentage of Blasts in PB (median)

38.3

47.5

0.290

37.2

53.4

0.077

M2 vs.non-M2 FAB

4/30

7/23

0.221

7/39

4/14

0.504

M3 vs.non-M3 FAB

7/28

2/26

0.147

8/37

1/17

0.210

M5 vs.non-M5 FAB

4/30

8/22

0.127

10/36

2/16

0.327

WHO Type

9/10/3/12

11/12/1/20

0.140

11/12/1/20

3/4/2/9

0.451

Primary/Secondary LMA

24/11

27/3

0.036

37/9

14/5

0.547

Cytogenetic (MRC)

10/16/6

5/15/6

0.580

11/22/9

4/9/3

0.961

Cr 7 Alterations (yes/no)

5/27

2/25

0.331

4/39

3/13

0.318

Cr 5 Alterations (yes/no)

2/30

5/22

0.147

5/38

2/14

0.927

Cr 11 Alterations (yes/no)

6/26

5/22

0.982

7/36

4/12

0.444

CD34 Blasts (yes/no)

19/16

14/15

0.632

24/21

9/10

0.663

CD117 Blasts (yes/no)

22/13

19/10

0.825

29/16

12/7

0.922

CD15 Blats (yes/no)

12/19

19/9

0.025

19/22

12/6

0.150

CD11B Blasts (yes/no)

5/25

13/14

0.011

13/28

5/11

0.973

CD11C BLasts (yes/no)

5/0

10/4

0.179

10/2

5/2

0.539

CD133 BLasts (yes/no)

10/18

10/9

0.250

16/19

4/8

0.454

CD123 Blasts (yes/no)

5/16

7/7

0.110

6/18

6/5

0.087

HLA DR + BLasts (yes/no)

19/9

15/12

0.348

26/14

8/7

0.428

CD56 Blasts (yes/no)

6/29

5/25

0.959

7/39

4/15

0.568

T-cell markers Blasts (yes/no)

5/11

4/20

0.279

3/23

6/8

0.024

Erythroblasts BM

2/6/11

0/14/10

0.057`

1/12/17

1/8/4/3

0.460

Gata-1 Expression (yes/no)

24/11

11/19

0.010

26/20

9/10

0.501

Gata-2 Expression (yes/no)

27/8

13/17

0.005

31/15

9/10

0.131

EKLF Expression (yes/no)

   

28/18

7/12

0.077

cMPL Expression (yes/no)

28/7

18/12

0.007

   

Gat-1 (Median Expression)*

7.28

0.12

0.038

5.56

0.12

0.761

Gat-2 (Median Expression)*

1178.01

466.75

0.096

1009.84

462.12

0.552

EKLF (Median Expression)*

   

19.54

113.68

0.096

cMPL(Median Expression)*

10.9

9.4

0.174

   

Mutated NPM1 (yes/no)

3/20

6/15

0.202

4/25

5/10

0.128

Mutated FLT3 (yes/no)

4/19

5/16

0.598

4/25

5/10

0.128

  1. PS, Performance Status. WBC, white blood cell. FAB indicates French American British classification [19] and WHO indicates World Health Organization classification [20]. MRC, cytogenetic classification of Medical Research Cancer [21]. GATA binding protein 1 (GATA1), GATA binding protein 2 (GATA2), Erythroid Krüppel-like Factor (EKLF) and Mieloproliferative Leukemia virus oncogen homology (c-MPL). * All expression ratios are given as 100x target gene/GUS.