Table 1

Demographic, haematological, and cytogenetic data

Cases	Age/sex	FAB	IPSS	Cytogenetics	Hg (g/dl)	WBC (×10³/mm³)	PLT (×10³/mm³)
CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; F, female; FAB, French/American/British classification; H, high; Hb, haemoglobin; I, intermediate; IPSS, international prognostic score system; L, low; M, male; PLT, platelet count; RA, refractory anaemia; RAEB, refractory anaemia with excess blasts; RAEB-T, refractory anaemia with excess blasts in transformation; RARS, refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts; WBC, white blood cell count.
Group A
1	67/M	RAEB	H	46XY	9.2	1.8	17
2	56/F	RAEB-T	H	46XX,del 5q, t(2;11)	9.7	3	80
3	74/F	CMML	H	46XX	9.9	7.3	65
4	80/M	CMML	H	44XY,−5,−7,del 3q	9.3	13.7	90
5	51/F	RA	L	46XX	10.5	2.9	104
6	67/M	RARS	I	47XY+8	9.4	4.8	100
7	59/M	RAEB-T	H	46XY, del 20q	7.5	1.5	15
Group B
1	75/M	RAEB-T	H	47XY,+11	9	1	100
2	63/M	RAEB-T	H	47XY,+8	8	1	25
3	79/M	RA	H	46XY	9	1	2
4	78/M	RARS	H	46XY	9.4	4.2	239
5	75/M	CMML	H	46XY	9.7	21	1
6	68/F	RA	L	46XX,del 5q	9	5.1	250
7	65/M	RARS	L	46XY	10.1	4.9	210