Total | Type of Leukemia-ALL | Type of Leukemia-AML | ||||||||||
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Variables | Younger Group (n = 183) | Elderly Group (n = 183) | p-value1 | Adjusted P3 | Younger Group (n = 67) | Elderly Group (n = 19) | p-value1 | Adjusted P4 | Younger Group (n = 116) | Elderly Group (n = 164) | p-value1 | Adjusted P4 |
Chemotherapy dropout | 69 (37.7) | 92 (50.3) | 0.015* | - | 20 (29.9) | 9 (47.4) | 0.154 | - | 49 (42.2) | 83 (50.6) | 0.167 | - |
Remission status2 | 0.013* | 0.008* | 0.415 | 0.422 | 0.018 | 0.010* | ||||||
Partial | 38 (33.3) | 46 (50.5) | 17 (36.2) | 5 (50.0) | 21 (31.3) | 41 (50.6) | ||||||
Complete | 76 (66.7) | 45 (49.5) | 30 (63.8) | 5 (50.0) | 46 (68.7) | 40 (49.4) | ||||||
Complication caused by chemotherapy | ||||||||||||
Mouth ulcer | 31 (16.9) | 23 (12.6) | 0.238 | 0.728 | 13 (19.4) | 3 (15.8) | 1.000 | 0.899 | 18 (15.5) | 20 (12.2) | 0.424 | 0.642 |
Gastrointestinal disorder | 34 (18.6) | 37 (20.2) | 0.692 | 0.170 | 18 (26.9) | 5 (26.3) | 0.962 | 0.629 | 16 (13.8) | 32 (19.5) | 0.211 | 0.127 |
Cardiotoxicity | 1 (0.5) | 13 (7.1) | 0.001* | 0.047* | 0 (0) | 1 (5.3) | 0.221 | - | 1 (0.9) | 12 (7.3) | 0.017 | 0.068 |
Liver damage | 26 (14.2) | 29 (15.8) | 0.661 | 0.607 | 9 (13.4) | 5 (26.3) | 0.179 | 0.228 | 17 (14.7) | 24 (14.6) | 0.996 | 0.987 |
Lung infection | 53 (29.0) | 90 (49.2) | <0.001* | 0.024* | 13 (19.4) | 9 (47.4) | 0.014 | 0.025 | 40 (34.5) | 81 (49.4) | 0.013 | 0.138 |
Angina | 89 (48.6) | 74 (40.4) | 0.115 | 0.698 | 33 (49.3) | 8 (42.1) | 0.582 | 0.827 | 56 (48.3) | 66 (40.2) | 0.182 | 0.669 |
Intestinal infection | 38 (20.8) | 36 (19.7) | 0.795 | 0.951 | 17 (25.4) | 4 (21.1) | 1.000 | 0.538 | 21 (18.1) | 32 (19.5) | 0.767 | 0.871 |
Fungal infection | 36 (19.7) | 51 (27.9) | 0.065 | 0.285 | 10 (14.9) | 6 (31.6) | 0.100 | 0.051 | 26 (22.4) | 45 (27.4) | 0.341 | 0.755 |
Skin hemorrhage | 48 (26.2) | 29 (15.8) | 0.013* | 0.019* | 14 (20.9) | 4 (21.1) | 1.000 | 0.689 | 34 (29.3) | 25 (15.2) | 0.004 | 0.015* |