University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Detection of non-CLL-like monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis increases dramatically in the very elderly, while detection of CLL-like populations varies by race: findings in a multiethnic population-based cohort of elderly women
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Publication Date
2016-10-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Geriatrics | Hematology | Women's Health
Abstract
Monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is both a marker of immune senescence and a potential precursor of B cell malignancy. Most MBL populations have a chronic lymphocytic leukemia-like (CLL-like) immunophenotype, but those that are CD5-negative (non-CLL-like) are also recognized and may represent a distinct diagnostic entity. To date, MBL studies have taken place in relatively homogenous populations, although risk of CLL varies across racial groups and geographic regions. We report flow cytometry data from 597 ethnically diverse 64-94-year-old women from across the USA who are participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Long-Life Study (LLS). Overall, MBL was detected in 26 % of the participants and included 20.9 % with a CLL-like immunophenotype, 5 % with a non-CLL-like immunophenotype, and 1.3 % with both. White and Hispanic women were more than twice as likely to have a CLL-like MBL population detected than African American women, corrected for age (P = 0.003). By contrast, detection of non-CLL-like MBL did not vary significantly by race, but did increase markedly with advancing age, being present in 12.7 % of those aged 85 and older. We provide new evidence that rates of detection of CLL-like MBL are lower in African Americans, and further suggest that non-CLL-like clonal expansions should be regarded as distinct from CLL-like MBL.
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s00277-016-2760-5
Source
Ann Hematol. 2016 Oct;95(10):1695-704 Epub 2016 Jul 29. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Annals of hematology
PubMed ID
27468854
Repository Citation
Edlefsen, Kerstin L.; Cherian, Sindhu; De Roos, Anneclaire J.; Getaneh, Asqual; Lessin, Lawrence; Li, Wenjun; Wood, Brent L.; and Reiner, Alexander P., "Detection of non-CLL-like monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis increases dramatically in the very elderly, while detection of CLL-like populations varies by race: findings in a multiethnic population-based cohort of elderly women" (2016). University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. 1281.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1281