Table 2

Major cardiovascular events recorded at diagnosis or during follow-up according to the JAK2 617V>F mutational state

Polycythemia vera, n = 323
Essential thrombocythemia, n = 639
HeteroHomoWTHeteroHomo
Patients, no. (%) 219 (67.8) 104 (32.2) 257 (40.2) 368 (57.6) 14 (2.2) 
Patients with cardiovascular events at diagnosis, no. (%)      
    Total 46 (21.0) 16 (15.4) 27 (10.5)* 80 (21.7)* 7 (50.0) 
    Arterial events 36 (16.4) 13 (12.5) 14 (5.5) 52 (14.1) 2 (14.3) 
    Venous events 14 (6.4) 3 (2.9) 12 (4.7)* 29 (7.9)* 5 (35.7) 
Patients with cardiovascular events during follow-up      
    Total, no. (%) 29 (13.2) 19 (18.3) 23 (9.0)* 45 (12.2)* 6 (42.9) 
    Time to first thrombosis, person-year 1034 739 1739 2122 78 
    Incidence rate, × 100 2.8 2.6 1.3 2.1 7.7 
    Arterial events, no. (%) 22 (10.1) 13 (12.5) 15 (5.8)* 23 (6.3)* 4 (28.6) 
    Venous events, no. (%) 9 (4.1) 8 (7.7) 7 (2.7)* 23 (6.3)* 3 (21.4) 
Polycythemia vera, n = 323
Essential thrombocythemia, n = 639
HeteroHomoWTHeteroHomo
Patients, no. (%) 219 (67.8) 104 (32.2) 257 (40.2) 368 (57.6) 14 (2.2) 
Patients with cardiovascular events at diagnosis, no. (%)      
    Total 46 (21.0) 16 (15.4) 27 (10.5)* 80 (21.7)* 7 (50.0) 
    Arterial events 36 (16.4) 13 (12.5) 14 (5.5) 52 (14.1) 2 (14.3) 
    Venous events 14 (6.4) 3 (2.9) 12 (4.7)* 29 (7.9)* 5 (35.7) 
Patients with cardiovascular events during follow-up      
    Total, no. (%) 29 (13.2) 19 (18.3) 23 (9.0)* 45 (12.2)* 6 (42.9) 
    Time to first thrombosis, person-year 1034 739 1739 2122 78 
    Incidence rate, × 100 2.8 2.6 1.3 2.1 7.7 
    Arterial events, no. (%) 22 (10.1) 13 (12.5) 15 (5.8)* 23 (6.3)* 4 (28.6) 
    Venous events, no. (%) 9 (4.1) 8 (7.7) 7 (2.7)* 23 (6.3)* 3 (21.4) 
*

P < .05 in the comparison of homozygous patients to either wild-type (in case of ET) or a heterozygous counterpart.

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