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Table 1 Demographics of PNH patients at baseline

From: No impact of Asian ethnicity on EORTC QLQ-C30 scores: Group differences and differential item functioning in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Variable

Asian (n = 171

Non-Asian (n = 270)

Difference, Asian vs. Non-Asian

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

Chi-square

p-value

Variance explained

Age

 

47.13

15.25

46.13

14.97

0.68

 

0.50

0.001

Years Since Diagnosis

 

8.72

8.28

9.39

9.05

-0.77

 

0.44

0.001

Baseline BMI

 

23.72

3.86

25.93

4.64

-5.14

 

 < .0005

0.059

  

No.

%

No.

%

    

Female

 

71

42%

138

51%

 

3.86

0.05

0.009

Region

Europe

5

3%

214

79%

 

346.74

 < .0005

0.787

 

Japan

47

27%

0

0%

    
 

Latin America

1

1%

21

8%

    
 

North America

9

5%

24

9%

    
 

Rest of Asia Pacific

109

64%

11

4%

    

Other variables included in propensity score

Trial

      

43.75

 < .0005

0.099

301

 

129

75%

117

43%

    

302

 

42

25%

153

57%

    

Observed LDH category

      

 44.23

< .0005

0.100 

 

LDH < 1.5xULN

42

25%

153

57%

    
 

LDH 1.5—< 3xULN

16

9%

18

7%

    
 

LDH >  = 3xULN

113

66%

99

37%

    

Observed pRBC stratum

      

49.22

< .0005

 0.112

 

Not measured

42

25%

153

57%

    
 

0 unit pRBC

24

14%

19

7%

    
 

1–14 units pRBC

74

43%

82

30%

    
 

 > 14 units pRBC

31

18%

16

6%

    

Immuno-suppressant treatment

57

33%

167

62%

  

 34.07

 .0005

 0.077

Aplastic anemia

 

60

35%

92

34%

 

0.05

0.83

 < .001

Myelodysplastic syndrome

8

5%

14

5%

  

0.06

 0.81

 < .001

Bone marrow disorder

66

39%

100

37%

  

0.11

 0.74

 < .001