ETIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL FACTORS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE PATIENTS WITH CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES FROM DIPLOID PATIENTS IN ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Abstract
Tumor-specific chromosomal abnormalities have been demonstrated in bone marrow of approximately 50% of newly diagnosed acute nonlymphocytic (ANLL) patients. This study examined two hypotheses: (1) Aneuploid (AA) patients are diagnosed later in the course of their disease than diploid (NN) patients; and (2) AA patients are more likely to have been exposed to environmental agents. Of 324 patients eligible for study, environmental exposure data were obtained for 236 (73%) of them. No evidence was found to suggest that AA patients had more advanced disease than NN patients. Aneuploid patients were more likely than NN patients to: (a) report treatment with cytotoxic drugs for a prior medical condition (odds ratio, adjusted for age, sex and other exposures (OR) = 4.25, 95% confidence intervals, 1.38 to 13.17); (b) smoke cigarettes, OR = 1.82 (1.02, 3.26) and (c) drink alcoholic beverages, OR = 1.91 (1.05, 3.48). No statistically significant associations between aneuploidy and occupational exposures were present, OR = 3.59 (0.76, 17.13). Problems in interpreting these ORs are discussed.
Subject Area
Public health
Recommended Citation
CRANE, MARTIN M, "ETIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL FACTORS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE PATIENTS WITH CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES FROM DIPLOID PATIENTS IN ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA" (1986). Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest). AAI8712601.
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