Cytogenetic Markers

Pediatric BCP-ALL

Adult BCP-ALL

Ploidy

Ploidy

Diploidy

Hyperdiploidy

Diploidy

Hyperdiploidy

Pos

Neg

Pos

Neg

p-value

Pos

Neg

Pos

Neg

p-value

+4, +10, +17

23 (6%)

395 (79%)

374 (94%)

103 (21%)

0.0005

10 (13%)

241 (81%)

65 (87%)

57 (19%)

0.0005

+21

85 (11%)

817 (80%)

677 (89%)

201 (20%)

0.0005

-

-

-

-

-

t(9;22)

66 (80%)

856 (50%)

17 (20%)

864 (50%)

0.0005

167 (78%)

450 (70%)

47 (22%)

192 (30%)

0.007

t(12;21)

152 (65%)

764 (49%)

83 (35%)

797 (51%)

0.0005

-

-

-

-

-

MLL translocations

43 (86%)

879 (50%)

7 (14%)

873 (50%)

0.0005

13 (72%)

603 (72%)

5 (28%)

234 (28%)

0.987

t(1;19)

121 (79%)

792 (49%)

33 (21%)

833 (51%)

0.0005

33 (75%)

573 (72%)

11 (25%)

222 (28%)

0.673

Age

1 - 10 years

11 - 15 years

-

690 (47%)

232 (69%)

-

-

778 (53%)

103 (31%)

-

-

0.0005

<40 years

477 (72%)

>40 years

140 (73%)

-

-

189 (28%)

51 (27%)

-

0.649