Table 1 Patient characteristics and analysis of prognostic factors.

From: Late effects in survivors of infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia—a study of the Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group

Diagnostic variable

Univariate analysis

Cox-regression model

Patients (n = 119)

Events at 5 years (n = 61)

5-year EFS (95% CI)

p-value (Log-rank)

Estimated hazard ratio (95% CI)

p-value (Wald test)

KMT2A status

Germline

38 (31.9%)

10 (16.4%)

73% (61–89)

<0.01

1

 

Rearranged

69 (58.0%)

45 (73.8%)

33% (23–46)

2.29 (1.08–4.88)

0.03

Unknown

12 (10.1%)

6 (9.8%)

   

Sex

Female

68 (57.1%)

28 (45.9%)

58% (48–71)

<0.01

1

 

Male

51 (42.9%)

33 (54.1%)

32% (21–48)

2.40 (1.35–4.26)

<0.01

Age

≥6 months

70 (58.8%)

26 (42.6%)

62% (51–75)

<0.01

1

 

<6 months

49 (41.2%)

35 (57.4%)

26% (16–42)

2.17 (1.12–4.19)

0.02

CNS status

Negative

73 (61.3%)

30 (49.2%)

57% (47–70)

<0.01

1

 

Positive

40 (33.6%)

27 (44.3%)

31% (19–49)

1.13 (0.61–2.08)

0.71

Unknown

6 (5.0%)

4 (6.6%)

   

White blood cell count

<100

53 (44.5%)

18 (29.5%)

65% (53–79)

<0.01

1

 

≥100

60 (50.4%)

39 (63.9%)

34% (24–48)

1.88 (0.98–3.60)

0.06

Unknown

6 (5.0%)

4 (6.6%)

   

CD10 status

Positive

40 (33.6%)

14 (23.0%)

64% (50–81)

0.01

1

 

Negative

76 (63.9%)

45 (73.8%)

39% (30–52)

1.04 (0.51–2.13)

0.92

Unknown

3 (2.5%)

2 (3.3%)