1. Impact of comorbidities and body mass index on the outcome of polycythemia vera patients
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Alessia Tieghi, Alessandra D'Addio, Florian H. Heidel, Roberto Latagliata, Elisa Bossi, Francesco Cavazzini, Giulia Benevolo, Nicola Vianelli, Michele Cavo, Roberto M. Lemoli, Mauro Krampera, Massimo Breccia, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Gianni Binotto, Antonio Cuneo, Giovanni Caocci, Daniela Bartoletti, Mario Tiribelli, Ida Carmosino, Lucia Catani, Giuseppe Auteri, Francesco Lanza, Giuseppe A. Palumbo, Nicola Polverelli, Francesca Palandri, Micaela Bergamaschi, Monica Crugnola, Elena Maria Elli, Benevolo G., Elli E.M., Bartoletti D., Latagliata R., Tiribelli M., Heidel F.H., Cavazzini F., Bonifacio M., Crugnola M., Binotto G., D'Addio A., Tieghi A., Bergamaschi M., Caocci G., Polverelli N., Bossi E., Auteri G., Carmosino I., Catani L., Cuneo A., Krampera M., Lanza F., Lemoli R.M., Vianelli N., Breccia M., Palumbo G.A., Cavo M., and Palandri F.
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Male ,Cancer Research ,Comorbidity ,Overweight ,Primary Myelofibrosi ,0302 clinical medicine ,Retrospective Studie ,Risk Factors ,body mass index ,cancer ,Charlson comorbidity index ,outcome ,polycythemia vera ,thrombotic risk ,80 and over ,Cumulative incidence ,Aged, 80 and over ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Hazard ratio ,Hematology ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Thrombosi ,Female ,Underweight ,medicine.symptom ,Human ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,NO ,Follow-Up Studie ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Risk Factor ,Thrombosis ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Follow-Up Studies ,Polycythemia Vera ,Primary Myelofibrosis ,Body Mass Index ,Body Mass Index, Cancer ,Charlson Comorbidity Index, Outcome, Polycythemia Vera, Thrombotic risk ,business ,Body mass index ,030215 immunology - Abstract
In 816 patients with 2016 World Health Organization-defined polycythemia vera (PV) enrolled in a multicenter retrospective study, we investigated the predictive value of Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and body mass index (BMI) on thrombosis, progression to post-PV myelofibrosis (PPV-MF) and survival. Patients were subgrouped according to CCI=0 (58.1%, no comorbidities) or CCI≥1 (41.9%) and according to normal/underweight (BMI 
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- 2021