Table 7 Diagnostic and prognostic characteristics of leukemia cases among Saudi regions (1999–2013)
From: The burden of leukemia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 15 years period (1999–2013)
Regions | Central | Eastern | Madinah | Southern | Western | P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immunophenotyping | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
B-cell | 1,105 | 83.7 | 487 | 84.4 | 411 | 88.2 | 419 | 84.8 | 572 | 82.5 | 3008 | 84.3 | 0.297 |
T-cell | 206 | 15.6 | 85 | 14.7 | 53 | 11.4 | 67 | 13.6 | 110 | 15.9 | 523 | 14.7 | |
Grade I -IV | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.3 | |
Killer cell | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.2 | |
Null cell | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.5 | |
Basis of Diagnosis | |||||||||||||
Histology of primary | 2,080 | 71.8 | 1,006 | 72.5 | 704 | 58.4 | 815 | 65.4 | 1,172 | 63.5 | 5805 | 67.3 | 0.001 |
Death Certificate Only | 36 | 1.2 | 30 | 2.2 | 74 | 6.1 | 38 | 3.0 | 47 | 2.5 | 228 | 2.6 | |
Others | 780 | 26.9 | 351 | 25.3 | 427 | 35.4 | 394 | 31.6 | 628 | 34.0 | 2594 | 30.1 | |
Causes of Death | |||||||||||||
Cancer | 873 | 30.0 | 372 | 26.4 | 359 | 29.0 | 355 | 28.3 | 504 | 27.1 | 2477 | 28.4 | 0.085 |
Others | 2,035 | 70.0 | 1,035 | 73.6 | 879 | 71.0 | 899 | 71.7 | 1,356 | 72.9 | 6235 | 71.6 | |