Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants, demographic and clinical history of the patients enrolled in the study.

From: Circulating miR-146a expression as a non-invasive predictive biomarker for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Characteristics

Normal healthy controls (n/mean ± SD)

ALL patients (n/mean ± SD)

Follow up cases (n/mean ± SD)

Total subjects (n = 110)

24

66

20

Age

Childhood

14

42

15

Adult

10

24

5

Gender

Male (n)

16

53

17

Female (n)

8

13

3

Age (years)

20.708 ± 13.788 (4.0–47.0)

18.17 ± 11.29 (4.0–48.0)

21.600 ± 6.6285 (5.0–43.0)

Patients Characteristics

ALL (n)

B-ALL (n)

T-ALL (n)

Type

66

31

35

Age

Childhood

42

14

28

Adult

24

17

07

Gender

Male

53

22

31

Female

13

09

04

Risk

High

43

28

15

Standard

23

03

20

Fever

Yes

62

28

34

No

04

03

01

Weakness

Yes

40

20

20

No

26

11

15

Weight loss

Yes

14

06

08

No

52

25

27

Breathlessness

Yes

05

03

02

No

61

28

33

Anorexia

Yes

12

05

07

No

54

26

28

Pallor

Yes

54

23

31

No

12

08

04

Body ache

Yes

41

20

21

No

25

11

14

Cough

Yes

14

04

10

No

52

27

25

Bleeding

Yes

18

06

12

No

48

25

23

Epistaxis

Yes

06

01

05

No

60

30

30

Bruising

Yes

02

00

02

No

64

31

33

Petechia

Yes

05

01

04

No

61

30

31

Vomiting/nausea

Yes

16

04

12

No

50

27

23

Hepatomegaly

Yes

30

14

16

No

36

17

19

Splenomegaly

Yes

44

21

23

No

22

10

12

Lymphadenopathy

Yes

35

12

23

No

31

19

12

BCR-ABL

Negative

60

25

35

Positive

06

06

00

CNS infiltration

Yes

02

00

02

No

64

31

33

Age (years)

18.17 ± 11.29 (4.00–48.0)

22.64 ± 13.74 (5.0–48.0)

15.22 ± 6.68 (5.00–38.0)

Height (cm)

149.93 ± 27.68 (39.0–185)

153.0 ± 21.74 (95.0–181)

147.1 ± 32.10 (39.0–185)

Weight (kg)

49.04 ± 19.98 (13.0–100)

52.22 ± 22.50 (16.0–100)

46.22 ± 17.28 (13.0–78.0)

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

7.516 ± 2.12 (2.90–11.9)

7.519 ± 2.03 (3.90–11.9)

7.514 ± 2.22 (2.90–11.9)

RBC’s (106/µL)

2.931 ± 0.83 (1.4–5.40)

2.907 ± 0.851 (1.44–5.38)

2.952 ± 0.839 (1.53–5.40)

WBC’s (109/L)

48.93 ± 88.02 (1.40–480)

25.31 ± 25.24 (1.40–89.7)

69.85 ± 115.3 (2.90–480)

Lymphocytes (%)

77.36 ± 9.34 (43.5–89.9)

75.53 ± 9.16 (56.4–88.6)

78.98 ± 9.32 (43.5–89.9)

Neutrophils (%)

17.86 ± 8.67 (5.10–44.0)

20.22 ± 8.99 (7.10–41.2)

15.78 ± 7.92 (5.10–44.0)

Platelets (109/L)

45.22 ± 41.61 (1.70–224)

49.24 ± 48.19 (7.00–224)

41.66 ± 35.12 (1.70–154)

PB blasts

69.72 ± 23.29 (10.0–96.0)

68.50 ± 23.84 (10.0–96.0)

71.23 ± 22.81 (12.0–95.0)

  1. The values are n = number and/or mean ± standard deviation (minimum–maximum).
  2. The data tabulated is analyzed by SPSS for windows (version 21).