Table 3.

Comparison of Disease Stages at Diagnosis Patients with and without SPC

Stage	CLL patients without SPC (n=502)		CLL patients with SPC(n=51)		Overall (n=553)		p.value
RAI	No	%	No	%	No	%	0.003
0	135	26.89	10	19.61	145	26.22
1-2	297	59.16	26	50.98	323	58.40
3-4	70	13.95	15	29.41	85	15.38
BINET	No	%	No	%	No	%	0.044
A	326	64.94	25	49.02	351	63.47
B	109	21.71	12	23.53	121	21.88
C	67	13.35	14	27.45	81	14.65