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Table 1 Characteristics of the 98 MDS patients treated with decitabine

From: High expression of the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 gene predicts a good response to decitabine in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

Characteristics

Category

Median age (range)

62 (20–82)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

69 (70)

 Female

29 (30)

WHO/FAB classification, n (%)

 RCMD

19 (20)

 RAS

2 (3)

 RAEB-1

25 (22)

 RAEB-2

29 (30)

 RAEB-t

14 (17)

 CMML

9 (8)

Karyotypes, n(%)

 Normal

49 (50)

 +8

7 (7)

 −7/7q-

9 (9)

 −5/5q-

2 (2)

 20q-

5 (5)

 Complex

13 (13)

 Others

13 (13)

International prognostic scoring system, n (%)

 Low

4 (4)

 Intermediate-1

33 (34)

 Intermediate-2

34 (35)

 High

27 (27)

  1. MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, FAB French-American-British, WHO world health organization, RCMD refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia, RAS refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, RAEB refractory anemia with excess of blasts, RAEB-t refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation, CMML chronic myelomonocytic leukemia