Comorbidities and survival in a large cohort of patients with newly diagnosed myelodysplastic syndromes
Wang R, Gross CP, Halene S, Ma X. Comorbidities and survival in a large cohort of patients with newly diagnosed myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia Research 2009, 33: 1594-1598. PMID: 19324411, PMCID: PMC2749891, DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeHazard ratioComorbid conditionsMDS patientsCharlson indexMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelPrognosis of MDSChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCox proportional hazards modelLarge population-based studyCongestive heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseRole of comorbiditiesMedian survival timePopulation-based studyProportional hazards modelMDS survivalHeart failurePulmonary diseaseIndependent determinantsShorter survivalLarge cohortSurvival timeHazards modelComorbidities