Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

From: Validation of the molecular international prognostic scoring system in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes defined by international consensus classification

Clinical characters

Total (n = 649)

%/range

Clinical characters

Total (n = 649)

%/range

Sex

  

MDS-related genes

94

14.5

 Female

240

37.0

MDS-related cytogenetics

12

1.8

 Male

409

63.0

mutated TP53

37

5.7

Age (years)*

66.6

18.4–94.5

NOS

21

3.2

Laboratory data*

  

2016 WHO

  

 WBC, X 109/L

3.30

0.6–32.39

 MDS-5q

4

0.6

 ANC, X 109/L

1.50

0–23.48

 MDS-SLD

95

14.6

 Hb, g/dL

8.1

2.6–17.1

 MDS-MLD

143

22.0

 Platelet, X 109/L

77

1–931

 MDS-RS-SLD

45

6.9

 BM blast (%)

4.4

0–19.5

 MDS-RS-MLD

26

4.0

 PB blast (%)

0

0–9

 MDS-EB1

139

21.4

2022 ICC

  

 MDS-EB2

190

29.3

 MDS

485

74.7

 MDS-U

7

1.1

 del(5q)

4

0.6

Treatment

  

 mutated SF3B1

52

8.0

 HMA

156

24.0

 NOS, with SLD

111

17.1

 Intensive chemotherapy

20

3.1

 NOS, with MLD

152

23.4

 Clinical trial

27

4.2

 EB

141

21.7

 HSCT

103

15.9

 mutated TP53

25

3.9

 Supportive care only

286

44.6

MDS/AML

164

25.3

 Other treatment†

145

22.6

  1. *Median (range).
  2. †Other treatment: include low-dose cytarabine, rabbit-derived anti-thymocyte globulin, cyclosporine, danazol, eltrombopag, erythropoietin-stimulating agents, thalidomide, steroid, venetoclax-based therapy and oral chemotherapy.
  3. ANC absolute neutrophil count, AML acute myeloid leukemia, BM bone marrow, EB excess of blasts, Hb hemoglobin, HMA hypomethylating agent, HSCT hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, ICC International Consensus Classification, MDS myelodysplastic syndromes, MDS-5q MDS with isolated del(5q), MDS-RS MDS with ring sideroblasts, MDS-EB MDS with excess blasts, MDS-SLD MDS with single lineage dysplasia, MDS-MLD MDS with multilineage dysplasia, MDS-RS-SLD MDS with ring sideroblasts and single lineage dysplasia, MDS-RS-MLD MDS with ring sideroblasts and multilineage dysplasia, MDS-U MDS, unclassifiable, NOS not otherwise specified, PB peripheral blood, WHO World Health Organization, WBC white blood cell count.