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Frequency of benign neutropenia among Black versus White individuals undergoing a bone marrow assessment.

ABSTRACT: Healthy individuals in the United States identified as having Black race have lower neutrophil counts, on average, than individuals identified as having White race, which could result in more negative diagnostic evaluations for neutropenia. To test this hypothesis, the proportion of evaluations where the final diagnosis was clinically insignificant neutropenia for Black and White individuals who underwent an evaluation by a haematologist that included a bone marrow (BM) biopsy to investigate neutropenia was assessed. 172 individuals without prior haematological diagnoses who underwent a haematological evaluation to investigate neutropenia. Individuals diagnosed with clinically insignificant neutropenia between Black and White individuals were compared using a propensity-score-adjusted logistic regression. Of 172 individuals, 42 (24%) were classified as Black race, 86 (50%) were males, and the 79 (46%) were over 18 years old. A BM biopsy did not identify pathology in 95% (40 of 42) of Black individuals and 68% (89 of 130) of White Individuals. Black individuals (25 of 42 [60%]) received a final diagnosis of clinically insignificant neutropenia, compared to White individuals (12 of 130 [9%]) (adjusted odds ratio =7.9, 95% CI: 3.1 - 21.1). We conclude that black individuals were more likely to receive a diagnosis of clinically insignificant neutropenia after haematological assessment.

SUBMITTER: Borinstein SC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Frequency of benign neutropenia among Black versus White individuals undergoing a bone marrow assessment.

Borinstein Scott C SC Agamasu David D Schildcrout Jonathan S JS Bastarache Lisa L Bagheri Minoo M Davis Lea K LK Roden Dan M DM Michael Stein C C Van Driest Sara L SL Mosley Jonathan D JD

Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20220601 13

Healthy individuals in the United States identified as having Black race have lower neutrophil counts, on average, than individuals identified as having White race, which could result in more negative diagnostic evaluations for neutropenia. To test this hypothesis, the proportion of evaluations where the final diagnosis was clinically insignificant neutropenia for Black and White individuals who underwent an evaluation by a haematologist that included a bone marrow (BM) biopsy to investigate neu ...[more]

PMID: 35642720

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Project description:IntroductionThe Portuguese donor Registry of CEDACE was the fifth largest per capita bone marrow donor Registry of the WMDA as of 2019 and has yet to be thoroughly analyzed. We aimed to characterize its various aspects, including demographics and HLA allele and haplotype frequencies, to evaluate the genetic matching propensity score and ultimately further develop it.MethodsWe described and compared characteristics of the donor population with census data and used an Expectation-Maximization algorithm and analyses of molecular variance to assess haplotype frequencies and establish phylogenetic distances between regions and districts within the country.ResultsWe identified 396545 donors, corresponding to 3.85% of the Portuguese population; the median donor age was 39 years, with 60.4% of female donors. Most donors were Portuguese nationals, although 40 other nationalities were present, with a significant proportion of donors from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African Countries; almost all donors self-reported as Western, with the second largest group reporting African ancestry. There was an asymmetric contribution of donors from different districts and regions, with most coming from coastal districts and few from the southern districts and autonomous regions; foreign and self-declared non-Western donors were mainly located in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the South. Although most donors were typed in three loci (HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1), only 44% were also typed in HLA-C, 1.28% in HLA-DQB1 and only 0.77% in all five loci and in high-resolution. There were varying allele and haplotype frequencies across districts and regions, with the most common three loci, low-resolution haplotypes, being HLA-A*01~B*08~DRB1*03, A*29~B*44~DRB1*07 and HLA-A*02~B*44~DRB1*04; some haplotypes were more prevalent in the South, others in the North and a few in the autonomous regions; African and foreign donors presented relevant differences in haplotype frequency distributions, including rare haplotypes of potential interest. We also report on four loci, low-resolution frequency distributions. Using AMOVA, we compared genetic distances between districts and regions, which recapitulated the country's geography.DiscussionOur analysis showed potential paths to optimization of the Registry, including increasing the male donor pool and focusing on underrepresented districts and particular populations of interest, such as donors from Portuguese-speaking African countries.

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Frequency of benign neutropenia among Black versus White individuals undergoing a bone marrow assessment.

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Frequency of benign neutropenia among Black versus White individuals undergoing a bone marrow assessment.

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