Variables | Overall survival (OS) | Leukaemia-free survival (LFS) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of | No. of | Univariate | Multivariate | No. of | Univariate | Multivariate | |
patients | event | P | P | event | P | P | |
Sex |  |  | 0.326 | – |  | 0.513 | – |
 Male | 36 | 20 |  |  | 9 |  |  |
 Female | 20 | 14 |  |  | 6 |  |  |
Age |  |  | 0.103 | – |  | 0.023 | 0.002 |
  < 60 | 25 | 12 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
  ≥ 60 | 31 | 22 |  |  | 12 |  |  |
WBC (× 109/L) |  |  | 0.932 | – |  | 0.313 | – |
  ≥ 4 | 13 | 8 |  |  | 2 |  |  |
  < 4 | 43 | 26 |  |  | 13 |  |  |
Hb(g/dL) |  |  | 0.058 | – |  | 0.050 | – |
  ≥ 10 | 9 | 4 |  |  | 0 |  |  |
  < 10 | 47 | 30 |  |  | 15 |  |  |
PLT (× 109/L) |  |  | 0.469 | – |  | 0.702 | – |
  ≥ 100 | 18 | 9 |  |  | 4 |  |  |
  < 100 | 38 | 25 |  |  | 11 |  |  |
MCV(fL) |  |  | 0.014 | 0.111 |  | 0.861 | – |
  ≥ 100 | 28 | 13 |  |  | 8 |  |  |
  < 100 | 28 | 21 |  |  | 7 |  |  |
WHO classification | Â | Â | <0.001 | 0.016 | Â | 0.003 | 0.944 |
 SLD/RS-SLD/ MDS-U/5q- | 10 | 5 |  |  | 0 |  |  |
 MLD/RS-MLD | 10 | 2 |  |  | 0 |  |  |
 EB-1/EB-2 | 36 | 27 |  |  | 15 |  |  |
BM blast (%) | Â | Â | <0.001 | 0.003 | Â | <0.001 | 0.453 |
  < 5 | 20 | 7 |  |  | 0 |  |  |
 5–10 | 15 | 10 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
 11–19 | 21 | 17 |  |  | 12 |  |  |
Cytopenias |  |  | 0.391 | – |  | 0.19 | – |
 0/1 | 11 | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  |
 2/3 | 45 | 29 |  |  | 14 |  |  |
Karyotype |  |  | 0.005 | <0.001 |  | 0.626 | – |
 Good | 34 | 18 |  |  | 9 |  |  |
 Intermediate | 7 | 5 |  |  | 2 |  |  |
 Poor | 14 | 11 |  |  | 4 |  |  |
IPSS | Â | Â | 0.002 | 0.007 | Â | 0.004 | 0.122 |
 Low | 4 | 1 |  |  | 0 |  |  |
 Int-1 | 24 | 12 |  |  | 2 |  |  |
 Int-2 | 19 | 14 |  |  | 10 |  |  |
 High | 8 | 7 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
miR-124-1 methylation | Â | Â | 0.025 | 0.810 | Â | 0.029 | 0.125 |
 Low | 33a,43b | 17 |  |  | 9 |  |  |
 High | 23 a,13b | 17 |  |  | 6 |  |  |
miR-124-2 methylation | Â | Â | 0.004 | 0.312 | Â | 0.001 | 0.307 |
 Low | 27 | 13 |  |  | 2 |  |  |
 High | 29 | 21 |  |  | 13 |  |  |
miR-124-3 methylation | Â | Â | 0.010 | 0.028 | Â | 0.069 | - |
 Low | 21 | 10 |  |  | 3 |  |  |
 High | 35 | 24 |  |  | 12 |  |  |