Research Article
HLA-B*40 Allele Plays a Role in the Development of Acute Leukemia in Mexican Population: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the study groups.
| | Characteristic | Patients ALL | Patients AML | Controls (UCB) |
| | | | | | | Male | 127 (59.6%) | 50 (58.8%) | 365 (49.9%) | | Female | 86 (40.4%) | 35 (41.2%) | 366 (50.1%) | | Median age (years) | 10 | 12 | NB |
| | District of state of origin | DF = 111 (52.1%) | DF = 46 (54.1%) |
Representativite of all Mexican geographical regions. | | Nuevo León = 53 (24.8%) | Nuevo León = 17 (20.0%) | | Puebla = 22 (10.3%) | Jalisco = 11 (12.9%) | | Jalisco = 12 (5.6%) | Puebla = 8 (9.4%) | | Coahuila = 5 (2.3%) | Others = 3 (3.5%) | | Others = 10 (4.7%) | |
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ALL: acute lymphoid leukemia; AML: acute myeloid leukemia; UCB: umbilical cord blood; DF: federal district; NB: newborn.
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