To maintain weight, the chart below shows you your daily calorie limit. It's based on your age, activity level, and the BMI (body-mass index) of 21.5 for women and 22.5 for men. To lose weight -- about 1 pound a week -- reduce total calories in the chart by 500 a day.
With current treatments, patients with lower-risk types of some MDS can live for 5 years or even longer. Patients with higher-risk MDS that becomes acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are likely to have a shorter life span. About 30 out of 100 MDS patients will develop AML. PNH. Many people with PNH live for decades.
Economic Impact of MDS in the US. The estimated incidence of MDS in the US is about 14,650 cases per year. The incidence of MDS is five times higher in patients age 80 years or older compared to patients age 60 to 69 (36.3 versus 7.4 cases/100,000).