Table 1 Baseline characteristics of AYA and adult cohorts of CML patients.

From: Somatic mutations and outcomes in chronic myeloid leukemia adolescent and young adults compared to children, adults, and BCR::ABL1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Variable

AYAs, N = 80a

Adults, N = 97a

p-valueb

Age; median years (range)

33 (19, 39)

59 (40, 79)

<0.001

Sex Male

40/80 (50%)

50/97 (52%)

0.8

Spleen size, cm; median (range)

0.0 (0.0, 25.0)

0.0 (0.0, 20.0)

0.016

WBC, ×109/l; median (range)

92 (9, 612)

59 (3, 500)

0.019

Platelet count, ×109/l; median (range)

520 (158, 1835)

369 (86, 1778)

0.007

Hemoglobin, g/l; median (range)

119 (60, 161)

125 (14, 170)

0.033

Neutrophiles, ×109/l; median (range)

98 (6, 514)

46 (2, 471)

0.026

Lymphocytes, %; median (range)

5.5 (0.0, 23.0)

7.0 (0.0, 31.0)

0.2

Monocytes, %; median (range)

2.00 (0.00, 9.00)

2.00 (0.00, 14.00)

0.051

Basophils, %; median (range)

5.0 (0.0, 24.0)

4.0 (0.0, 34.0)

0.3

Blasts, %; median (range)

1.00 (0.00, 9.00)

1.00 (0.00, 16.00)

0.078

Eosinophils, %; median (range)

2.50 (0.00, 11.00)

2.00 (0.00, 11.00)

0.2

SOKAL

  

0.006

 Low

48/79 (61%)

37/96 (39%)

 

 Intermediate

17/79 (22%)

41/96 (43%)

 

 High

14/79 (18%)

18/96 (19%)

 

EUTOS

  

0.2

 Low

64/79 (81%)

85 / 96 (89%)

 

 Intermediate

0/79 (0%)

0 / 96 (0%)

 

 High

15/79 (19%)

11 / 96 (11%)

 

ELTS

  

0.3

 Low

61/79 (77%)

64/96 (67%)

 

 Intermediate

11/79 (14%)

22/96 (23%)

 

 High

7/79 (8.9%)

10/96 (10%)

 

ACAs

3/80 (3.8%)

3/97 (3.1%)

>0.9

1st-line TKI

  

<0.001

 Imatinib

61/80 (76%)

94/97 (97%)

 

 Nilotinib

19/80 (24%)

3/97 (3.1%)

 
  1. ACAs additional chromosomal abnormalities, WBC white blood count.
  2. an/N (%).
  3. bFisher’s exact test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Wilcoxon rank sum test.