TERT and acute myeloid leukemia: To evaluate whether TERT rs2853669 is an independent prognostic marker for survival in the entire AML group (Table 2) and when stratified according to karyotype (Table 3 and 4), multivariable Cox-regression analysis was performed with covariates including age, risk group and treatment (chemo only or chemo + allogeneic stem cell transplantation) (Table 2).