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Table 4 Remission Status Stratified by FrenchAmerican-British Classification

From: Clinical symptoms and chemotherapy completion in elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia: a retrospective comparison study with a younger cohort

 

ALL

AML

 

Elderly

Group

(n = 19)

N (%)

Younger

Group

(n = 57)

N (%)

p-value1

adjusted p2

Elderly

Group

(n = 164)

N (%)

Younger

Group

(n = 116)

N (%)

p-value1

adjusted p2

Remission

  

0.274

0.422

  

0.022*

0.010*

status

        

   Partial

5 (26.3)

17 (25.4)

  

41 (25.0)

21 (18.1)

  

   Complete

5 (26.3)

30 (44.8)

  

40 (24.4)

46 (39.7)

  
  1. ALL = acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML = acute myeloid leukemia
  2. 1 Chi-square test was used.
  3. 2 Multiple logistic regression analysis that adjusted for smoking, alcohol use, lung infection, hypertension, diabetes, type of leukemia, platelet and bone marrow cellularity
  4. * Indicates significant differences between two groups, p < 0.05.
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