Table 4 Analysis of risk factor profile for MPNs according to MPN sub-types
From: The epidemiology and clinical characteristics of myeloproliferative neoplasms in Malaysia
| Risk factors | MPN sub-types | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ET n (%) |
PV n (%) |
PMF n (%) |
HS n (%) |
MPN-U n (%) | ||
| Previous thrombosis | 96 (23.7) | 111 (29.1) | 3 (3.3) | 4 (13.3) | 22 (27.5) | < 0.001 |
| Old age (≥ 60 years) | 160 (39.2) | 132 (34.5) | 43 (46.2) | 8 (25.8) | 31 (39.2) | 0.139 |
| Sex: male | 166 (40.7) | 235 (61.0) | 44 (47.3) | 24 (77.4) | 44 (55.0) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 169 (41.7) | 223 (58.2) | 38 (40.9) | 10 (33.3) | 29 (36.3) | < 0.001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 131 (32.4) | 129 (33.7) | 15 (16.1) | 2 (6.7) | 19 (23.8) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes | 66 (16.3) | 60 (15.7) | 16 (17.2) | 5 (16.7) | 11 (13.8) | 0.976 |
| Smoking | 77 (19.0) | 91 (23.8) | 8 (8.6) | 3 (10.3) | 18 (22.5) | 0.010 |
| Obese | 23 (5.7) | 28 (7.3) | 3 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 5 (6.3) | 0.590 |