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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Exercise and epigenetic ages in older adults with myeloid malignancies

Variables

 

N = 20

Age in years, mean (SD, range)

 

71.2 (4.8, 62–80)

Gender, n (%)

Male

13 (65.0)

Female

7 (35.0)

Race, n (%)

White

18 (90.0)

Black or African American

1 (5.0)

Prefer not to say

1 (5.0)

Ethnicity, n (%)

Not Hispanic or Latino

19 (95.0)

Prefer not to say

1 (5.0)

Marital status, n (%)

Married

13 (65.0)

Divorced or widowed

2 (10.0)

Single

5 (25.0)

Education, n (%)

High school or below

2 (10.0)

At least some college

6 (30.0)

College graduate

5 (25.0)

Postgraduate level

6 (30.0)

Prefer not to say

1 (5.0)

Karnofsky performance status, n (%)

90–100

3 (15.0)

70–80

12 (60.0)

50–60

5 (25.0)

Diagnosis, n (%)

AML

11 (55.0)

MDS

8 (40.0)

MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasm overlap syndromes

1 (5.0)

Treatment, n (%)

HMA combination treatment (e.g., venetoclax)

11 (55.0)

HMA only

7 (35.0)

Other*

2 (10.0)

Chemotherapy cycle at initiation of intervention, n (%)*

1

3 (15.0)

2

9 (45.0)

3

4 (20.0)

 ≥ 4

4 (20.0)

  1. AML, acute myeloid leukemia; HMA, hypomethylating agent; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome
  2. *1 received gilteritinib and 1 received low dose cytarabine and venetoclax