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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: DNA repair gene variants are associated with an increased risk of myelodysplastic syndromes in a Czech population

WHO classification

 
 

n/%

Blast (%)

Cytogenetics, normal/abnormal

MDS del(5q)

24 (12.1)

2.8

0/24

RCUD

14 (7.1)

1.1

10/2

RARS

12 (6.1)

1.4

5/4

RCMD

59 (29.8)

1.6

36/17

RAEB-1

26 (13.1)

4.4

11/10

RAEB-2

25 (12.6)

12.5

10/9

MDS-U

3 (1.5)

2.0

3/0

MDS/MPS

23 (11.6)

8.3

12/7

AML with MRC

12 (6.1)

28.3

4/6

Age(yr)

   

Median/range

63 (18–89)

  

Sex

   

Male n/%

60 (30.3)

  

Female n/%

138 (69.7)

  
  1. MDS del(5q): MDS associated with isolated del(5q); RCUD: Refractory cytopenias with unilineage dysplasia; RARS: Refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts; RCMD: Refractory cytopenias with multilineage dysplasia; RAEB-1: Refractory anemia with excess blasts, type 1; RAEB-2: Refractory anemia with excess blasts, type 2; MDS-U: MDS, unclassifiable; MDS/MPS: MDS and myeloproliferative syndromes; AML with MRC: Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia - related changes.