Table 2 Phenotypic characteristics of patients included in this study, sorted by cases with copy number variants (CNVs) and other mutations

From: The clinical impact of copy number variants in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes

 

Patients with CNVs

Patients with other mutations

p-value

 

(n = 19)

(n = 157)

 

Sex (females, %)

7 (36.8%)

76 (48.4%)

p = 0.5

Median age at presentation (IQR)

1 month (1–14)

5 months (1–41)

p = 0.1

Median age at diagnosis (IQR)

14 months (2–78)

24 months (5–88.25)

p = 0.2

Median age at last follow up (IQR)

12.6 years (6.5–16.7)

12.2 years (7–18)

p = 0.6

Severe anemia (n, %)

9 (50%)

64 (46.4%)

p = 0.8

NA (n)

1

19

 

Severe neutropenia (n, %)

5 (35.7%)

56 (41.8%)

p = 0.8

NA (n)

5

23

 

Severe thrombocytopenia (n, %)

5 (31.3%)

18 (13.3%)

p = 0.07

NA (n)

3

22

 

Severe aplastic anemia (n, %)

4 (21.1%)

33 (21%)

p = 1.0

NA (n)

0

0

 

MDS/ AML (n, %)

5 (26.3%)

26 (16.7%)

p = 0.3

NA (n)

0

1

 

Median number of non-hematological systems involved (IQR)

6 (3.75–8)

3 (1–5)

p = 0.0006

Developmental delay (n, %)

11 (61.1%)

40 (27.4%)

p = 0.006

NA (n)

1

11

 

Short stature (n, %)

12 (66.7%)

59 (40.1%)

p = 0.04

NA (n)

1

10

 
  1. CNV copy number variant, IQR inter-quartile range, NA data not available