Table 7.

Selected pretreatment clinical and hematologic characteristics and treatment outcome of AML patients with a complex karyotype defined by the presence of 3 or 4 or at least 5 abnormalities6-150

No. of
abnormalities
No. of
patients
Median age,
y
% patients younger
than 60 y
Median
WBC, × 109/L
% CRP6-1515-y CIR
(SE)
P6-151% (95% CI)
5-y OS
P6-151
3 or 4 36 51 58 10.8 47 .02 0.88 (0.09) .002 8 (3-20) .002 
5 or more 99 64 33 7.3 30 <.001 0.97 (0.04) <.001 2 (1-6) <.001 
P6-152 NA .02 .01 .30 .10 NA .04 NA .004 NA 
No. of
abnormalities
No. of
patients
Median age,
y
% patients younger
than 60 y
Median
WBC, × 109/L
% CRP6-1515-y CIR
(SE)
P6-151% (95% CI)
5-y OS
P6-151
3 or 4 36 51 58 10.8 47 .02 0.88 (0.09) .002 8 (3-20) .002 
5 or more 99 64 33 7.3 30 <.001 0.97 (0.04) <.001 2 (1-6) <.001 
P6-152 NA .02 .01 .30 .10 NA .04 NA .004 NA 

WBC indicates white blood cell count; NA, not applicable. Other abbreviations are explained in the footnote to Table 5.

F6-150

Patients with t(8;21), inv(16)/t(16;16), and t(9;11) excluded.

F6-151

For comparison with normal cytogenetics.

F6-152

For comparison of 3 or 4 abnormalities with 5 or more abnormalities.

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