Table 1.

Characteristics of MDS patients and healthy controls.

CharacteristicMDS
(n = 44)
Healthy controls
(n = 43)
Median age, years (range)54 (32~74)52 (30~71)
Sex, n (%)
   Male23 (52.3%)21 (48.8%)
   Female21 (47.7%)22 (51.2%)
WHO classification
   RA8 (18.2%)-
   RARS3 (6.8%)-
   RCMD9 (20.4%)-
   RAEB-112 (27.3%)-
   RABE-212 (27.3%)-
  • MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; RA, refractory anemia; RARS, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts; RCMD, refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia; RABE-1, refractory anemia with excess blasts-1; RAEB-2, refractory anemia with excess blasts-2.