Table 1 Subject baseline co-variates by ELN criteria.

From: Is there really an accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia at presentation?

 

CP (n = 1837)

AP (n = 285)

P-value

Age, years, median (Interquartile range, IQR)

40 (30, 52)

42 (31, 54)

0.06

Male, n (%)

1133 (62)

181 (64)

0.58

ELTS risk score, n (%)

 Low

1209 (66)

  

 Intermediate

453 (25)

  

 High

175 (10)

  

AP criteria, n (%)

 Basophils >20%

 

204 (71)

 

 Blasts ≥15% and <30%

 

37 (13)

 

 Platelets <100 × 10E + 9/L

 

31 (11)

 

 ≥2 criteria

 

13 (5)

 

 1st TKI-therapy

  

<0.001

 Imatinib

1452 (79)

188 (66)

 

 2G-TKI

385 (21)

97 (34)

 

Types of 2G-TKIS, n (%)

 Nilotinib

257 (67)

68 (70)

 

 Dasatinib

63 (16)

21 (22)

 

 Flumatinib

51 (13)

8 (8)

 

 Radotinib

15 (4)

0 (0)

 

Follow-up, months, median (IQR)

53 (27, 84)

49 (25, 96)

0.97

  1. ELN European LeukemiaNet, CP chronic phase, AP accelerated phase, IQR interquartile range, ELTS European Treatment and Outcome Study (EUTOS) Long-Term Survival, 2G-TKI 2nd-generation tyrosine kinase-inhibitor (TKI).
  2. P < 0.05 are shown in bold.