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Table 3 Myelodysplastic syndrome risk score for all persons by ethnicity

From: Epidemiologic study of myelodysplastic syndromes in a multiethnic, inner city cohort

Risk score, n (%)

All (n = 135)

Black (n = 38)

Hispanic (n = 46)

White (n = 51)

p-value

IPSS

    

0.62

Low

65 (48.1)

20 (52.6)

20 (43.5)

25 (49.0)

 

INT-1

46 (34.1)

15 (39.5)

15 (32.6)

16 (31.4)

 

INT-2

21 (15.6)

3 (7.9)

9 (19.6)

9 (17.6)

 

High

3 (2.2)

0 (0)

2 (4.3)

1 (2)

 

IPSS-R

    

0.33

Very Low

27 (20)

9 (23.7)

7 (15.2)

11 (21.6)

 

Low

54 (40)

18 (47.4)

18 (39.1)

18 (35.3)

 

Intermediate

27 (20)

5 (13.2)

11 (23.9)

11 (21.6)

 

High

10 (7.4)

4 (10.5)

1 (2.2)

5 (9.8)

 

Very High

17 (12.6)

2 (5.2)

9 (19.6)

6 (11.7)

 
  1. n = number of patients, IPSS = International prognostic scoring system, IPSS-R = Revised international prognostic scoring system.