Research Article

Importance of Altered Gene Expression of Metalloproteinases 2, 9, and 16 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Preliminary Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Clinical featureTypes of casesNumber of cases (N)Average age (years)

GenderMen2557 (SD 14, 5)
Women3160 (SD 15, 02)

AML morphological subtypeAML13 (2 W; 1 M)59 (SD 13, 10)
AML27 (5 W; 2 M)61 (SD 12, 51)
AML31 (1 M)26 (SD 0, 00)
AML46 (3 W; 3 M)59 (SD 22, 94)
AML53 (1 W; 2 M)39 (SD 16, 21)
AML61 (1 M)57 (SD 0, 00)
AML70
Indefinite35 (20 W; 15 M)61 (SD 11, 51)

KaryotypeNormal10 (3 W; 7 M)55 (SD 9, 86)
Abnormal17 (10 W; 7 M)56 (SD 16, 98)
Indefinite29 (18 W; 11 M)63 (SD 10, 72)

Result of induction treatmentComplete remission14 (6 W; 8 M)48 (SD 14, 47)
No remission16 (7 W; 9 M)63 (SD 9, 59)
Indefinite26 (18 W; 8 M)64 (SD 10, 87)

W: women; M: men.