Table 1 Characteristics of MPN patients
From: Patient perspectives of a diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasm in a case control study
Polycythemia vera | Essential thrombocythemia | Primary myelofibrosis | |
|---|---|---|---|
Location | |||
Southampton | 24 (64.9 %) | 31 (56.4 %) | 11 (78.6 %) |
Belfast | 13 (35.1 %) | 24 (43.6 %) | 3 (21.4 %) |
Gender | |||
Male | 13 (35.1 %) | 19 (34.6 %) | 10 (71.4 %) |
Female | 24 (64.9 %) | 36 (65.5 %) | 4 (28.6 %) |
Age (years) | |||
Mean (SD) | 62.1 (13.2) | 63.2 (13.4) | 66.9 (4.2) |
Education | |||
Pre-University | 25 (67.6 %) | 37 (67.3 %) | 12 (85.7 %) |
University | 12 (32.4 %) | 16 (29.1 %) | 2 (14.3 %) |
Did not report | 0 | 2 (3.6 %) | 0 |