EKLF levels in the AML samples had significant positive correlations with levels of GATA1 (Rho 0.298, P = 0.008); GATA2 (Rho 0.263, P = 0.017), and cMPL (Rho 0.230, P = 0.033). This evidence concerns the gene GATA1 and acute myeloid leukemia.