Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: An epidemiological and Hematological Study from Haryana

Ashok Kumar¹, Radha Rathee¹, Minakshi Vashist¹, Neelkamal, Sunita Singh ²and Sumiti Gupta²

¹Department of Genetics, M.D.University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

²Department of Pathology, Pt.B.D. Sharma University of health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: mvashist@rediffmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1069

ABSTRACT:

Patients diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) were evaluated to characterize epidemiological and hematological studies. 94 patients of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia were included in present study for parameters like age of diagnosis, sex, occupation, prenatal and postnatal history and hematological analysis. Out of 94 patients, there were 70.2% children and 29.8% adults. Children patients were maximum in age group of 6-10 years whereas adult patients were maximum in age group of <20 years. There were more males than females in children as well as adults except age group 41-50 years where females were more than males. B-cell ALL was more frequently observed than T-cell ALL in children as well as adults. Drug intake was major risk factor during pregnancy and smoking was major risk factor after birth. Agriculture was major occupation in Parents of children as well as adults. Maximum patients had W.B.C count less than 50X109/L and hemoglobin more than 10 gm/100ml.

KEYWORDS: Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Epidemiology; Risk factors.

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