Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics based on clinical subtypes

From: Aggressive NK-cell leukemia: clinical subtypes, molecular features, and treatment outcomes

Characteristics

Subacute ANKL N=18 (range)

Classic ANKL N=95 (range)

P

Gender, no. of patients (%)

  

0.007

 Male

5 (27.78)

59 (62.11)

 

 Female

13 (72.22)

36 (37.89)

 

Median ALT, U/l (range)

69.35 (12.00–311.00)

108.00 (6.00–933.00)

0.009

Median ferritin, mg/l (range)

618.00 (184.00–2280.58)

4330.00 (99.00–146,000.00)

<0.001

Median fibrinogen, g/l (range)

2.27 (0.50–5.01)

1.51 (0.24–5.48)

0.038

TP53 mutation, no. of patients (%)a

  

0.038

 Positive

0 (0.00)

11 (37.93)

 

 Negative

8 (100.00)

18 (62.07)

 

Median prodromal period, days (range)

115 (90–450)

15 (0–79)

<0.001

OS, days (range; all patients)

213.5 (98–551)

49 (8–1480)

<0.001

OS, days (range; non-transplant patients)b

206 (98–551)

44 (8–273)

<0.001

  1. N number, ALT alanine aminotransferase, OS overall survival
  2. a TP53 mutation screened in eight subacute ANKL patients and 29 classic ANKL patients
  3. bWhen patients received allo-HSCT were excluded, there were 17 subacute ANKL patients and 89 classic ANKL patients in the study
  4. Bold: statistically significant