Research Article

Cytopenia among CML Patients on Imatinib in Kenya: Types, Grades, and Time Course

Table 1

Grades of cytopenia among the 66 patients with monocytopenia, NCI CTCAE, v3.

VariablesGrade 2Grade 3Grade 4

Anemia (g/dL), n (%)8–106.5–8<6.5
17 (53)13 (40.6)2 (6.4)
Neutropenia (mm3), n (%)≥1000–1500500–1000<500
10 (38.5)14 (53.8)2 (7.7)
Thrombocytopenia (mm3), n (%)50000–7500025000–50000<25000
5 (62.5)2 (25)1 (12.5)
Total, n (%)32 (48.5)29 (43.9)5 (7.6)