Incidence and Risk Factors of Acute Leukemias in Armenia: A Population-Based Study
Lusine Khondkaryan1, Diana Andreasyan2, Yervand Hakobyan3
1Group of Cell Technologies, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences of RA, Hasratyan Str. 7, 0014, Yerevan, Armenia.
Objective:
Leukemia represents a serious public health concern as the incidence is increasing worldwide. In this study we aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of acute lymphoblastic (ALL) and myeloid (AML) leukemia, identify disease clusters and find association with possible risk factors.
Methods:
Data on leukemia cases were provided by the National Institute of Health of the Republic of Armenia for the period of 2012-2018. Age-standardized incidence rate was calculated using Segi World Population. SaTScan purely spatial analysis was applied to find leukemia clusters. To find association between leukemia and agricultural and mining activities and demographic data Poisson regression model was used.
Results:
During the studied period 259 new cases of ALL and 478 AML were recorded. The age-standardized incidence rate was 1.5 and 1.9 per 100,000 inhabitants with male to female ratio of 0.97 and 1.1 for ALL and AML, respectively. No significant changes in ALL or AML incidence trends were found. For ALL significant cluster encompassing Shirak, Lori, Tavush and Armavir provinces of Armenia was identified, while Kotayk and Ararat was provinces with the highest incidence of AML. We found significant positive association of ALL with crop density, while no elevated risk estimates were found between AML and exposure variables.
Conclusion:
Altogether, our results suggested that acute leukemias incidence in Armenia follows the pattern described for developing countries.
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