Research Article

Decitabine Compared with Low-Dose Cytarabine for the Treatment of Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Pilot Study of Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-Effectiveness

Table 3

Comparison of outcome, excluding induction mortality subjects.

OutcomeDecitabine ()Low-dose cytarabine ()

Overall survival (in months), excluding induction mortality subjects
 Median65.5
 Range(1.5–13)(4.0–17.10)
 Mean survival time6.127.13
Testing equality of survival distribution
 Log-rank test, value 0.5311
 Hazard ratio (95% Wald confidence interval)0.786 (0.357–1.731)