DNMT3A and acute myeloid leukemia: AML patients had significantly higher incidences of CEBPA, FLT3-ITD, DNMT3A, NPM1 and IDH1/2 gene mutations (p = 0.0043, 0.000, 0.030962, 0.002752, and 0.000628, respectively) and a lower incidence of TET2 and U2AF1 gene mutations (p = 0.000004 and 0.000, respectively) compared with MDS patients.