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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the study cohort

From: Clinical features, laboratory characteristics, and outcome of ETP and TCRA/D aberrations in pediatric patients with T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Age: median (range)

7 (1–18)

TLC: median (range)

187.6 (2–967)

HB: median (range)

7.7 (4–14.5)

Platelets: median (range)

48 (8–693)

PB blast: median (range)

82 (0–99)

BM blast: median (range)

89 (0–99)

MCN: median (range)

46 (range: 41–91)

 

MCN

Normal

46

73.0

Sex

Male

44

69.8

Hypodiploidy

6

9.5

Female

19

30.2

Hyperdiploidy

11

17.5

Initial CNS

CNSI

48

76.2

IPT diagnosis

T intermediate

17

27.0

T early

16

25.4

TLP

13

20.6

T late

23

36.5

CNSIII

2

3.2

ETP

7

11.1

BM cellularity

Hypercellular

51

81

CD1

Negative

12

19.0

Normocellular

12

19

Positive

51

81.0

CD117

Negative

50

79.4

CD7

Negative

26

41.3

Positive

13

20.6

Positive

37

58.7

CD34

Negative

53

84.1

CD3 surface

Negative

53

84.1

Positive

10

15.9

Positive

10

15.9

CD2

Negative

33

52.4

CD5

Negative

44

69.8

Positive

30

47.6

Positive

19

30.2

HLA-DR

Negative

35

55.6

TDT

Negative

8

12.7

MHCII

28

44.4

Positive

55

87.3

Complex (presence of 3 or more cytogenetics abnormalities)

Negative

53

84.1

Cytogenetics

Normal

20

31.7

Positive

10

15.9

Abnormal

43

68.3

MRD15a

 < 0.01

10

21.7

MRD42

 < 0.01

15

35.7

 ≥ 0.01

36

78.3

 ≥ 0.01

27

64.3

Induction outcome

CR

52

82.5

Relapse

Negative

55

87.3

Induction death

11

17.5

Positive

8

12.7

Early death

Negative

52

82.5

Death

Negative

36

57.1

Positive

11

17.5

Positive

27

42.9

  1. BM bone marrow, CD cluster of differentiation, CNS central nervous system, CR complete remission, IPT immunophenotyping, HLA-DR human leukocyte antigen — DR isotype, MCN modal chromosomal number, MRD minimal residual disease, BP peripheral blood, TLC total leukocyte count, TDT terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
  2. aMissing numbers for MRD were due to the adequacy of the samples and the presence of leukemia-associated immunophenotypes