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Table 3 Bivariate Analysis of Laboratory Characteristics

From: Baseline blood count levels increase odds of cytopenia among CML patients in Kenya: a case control study

Variable

No Cytopenia

n (%)

Cytopenia

n (%)

P value

BCR-ABL at baseline (%)

 0–25%

37 (34.6)

35 (37.2)

0.034*

 26–75%

25 (23.4)

31 (33)

 76–125%

13 (12.1)

6 (6.4)

  > 125%

0 (0)

4 (4.3)

 Missing

32 (29.9)

18 (19.1)

Baseline platelets (× 109)

  < 150

4 (3.8)

18 (19.1)

< 0.001*

 150–450

80 (75.5)

51 (54.3)

 451–999

22 (20.8)

20 (21.3)

 1000+

0 (0)

5 (5.3)

Baseline neutrophils (× 109)

  < 1.5

4 (3.9)

18 (19.1)

< 0.001*

 1.5–7.5

27 (26.2)

14 (14.9)

 7.6–100

58 (56.3)

32 (34)

  > 100

14 (13.6)

30 (31.9)

Baseline HB (g/dL)

  < 6.5

1 (1)

2 (2.1)

< 0.001*

 6.5–7.9

0 (0)

19 (20.2)

 8–10

47 (44.8)

26 (27.7)

  > 10

57 54.3)

47 (50)