Sociodemographic Characteristics Of Survival In Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a heterogeneous group of acquired hematopoietic stem cell disоrders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis and a high risk of transformation into acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Due to the phenotypic diversity of MDS, survival widely varies. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the impact of some socio-demographic characteristics on the survival of patients with MDS. We analyzed 219 patients with MDS, who were admitted in the Clinic of Hematology, University Hospital "St. Marina”- Varna for a period of 10 years (2010-2020). Survival was assessed by age, sex, FAB and WHO2016 subtype and risk group defined by IPSS, IPSS-R and WPSS. There is a significantly higher survival rate in women and an inversely proportional relationship between survival and age. Patients with RAEB and RAEB-t have the lowest survival as well as patients with high and very high risk. MDS presents with significant differences in survival between subtypes, age and sex. The outcome of the disease varies according to the risk group determined by the established scales for risk stratification, and the most accurate in the prognosis is IPSS-R.