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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2023 Apr 5;98(6):900–912. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26919

TABLE 2.

Baseline patient and disease characteristics (categorical variables).

PFS OS


Categorical variable N % HR 95% CI p HR 95% CI p
LDH elevated
 Yes 157 29 1.202 0.948–1.523 0.13 1.148 0.875–1.507 0.026
 No 287 53
 NA 95 18
Prior or concurrent malignancy
 Yes 122 23 1.074 0.839–1.375 0.572 1.148 0.875–1.507 .3188
 No 414 77
 NA 3 .006
Prior organ transplant
 Yes 43 8 0.933 0.626–1.391 0.732 1.149 0.756–1.745 .516
 No 494 92
 NA 2 .03
CSF protein elevated
 Yes 233 43 1.157 0.872–1.536 .311 0.953 0.697–1.303 0.764
 No 111 20
 NA 195 36
CSF involved
 Yes 68 13 0.881 0.637–1.219 .444 1.043 0.736–1.477 .815
 No 325 60
 NA 146 27
Ocular involvement
 Yes 52 10 0.938 0.659–1.337 .724 0.780 0.515–1.182 .242
 No 385 71
 NA 102 19
Cell of origin
 GC 70 13
 Non-GC 219 40 0.858 0.620–1.187 .355 0.880 0.610–1.270 .495
 NA 250 46
Double expressor (cmyc and bcl2) by IHC
 Yes 74 14 0.8 0.542–1.181 .2618 0.890 0.573–1.382 .604
 No 108 20
 NA 357 66
MYC translocation by FISH
 Yes 27 5 1.791 1.11–2,89 .0169 1.634 0.917–2.909 .0954
 No 128 24
 NA 384 71
EBER
 Positive 33 6 .764 .476–1.228 .2666 .890 .538–1473 .6501
 Negative 279 52
 NA 227 42
Number of parenchymal sites
 1 239 44 1.014 .820–1.255 .8983 .935 .736–1.188 .5816
 >1 271 50
 NA 29 5
Geriatric syndrome
 Yes 247 46 1.402 1.137–1.729 .0016 1.625 1.283–2.058 <.0001
 No 282 52
 NA 10 2
Impairment in any ADL
 Yes 193 36 1.403 1.127–1.745 .0024 1.712 1.341–2.187 <.0001
 No 314 58
 NA 32 6
ECOG PS
 0 60 11
 1 162 31 1.062 .728–1.548 .7555 1.453 .896–2.357 .130
 2 154 29 1.378 .947–2.005 .0942 2.051 1.274–3.300 .0031
 3 66 12 1.576 1.026–2.422 .0377 2.817 1.677–4.733 <.0001
 4 25 5 3.238 1.873–5.596 <.0001 5.655 3.052–10.48 <.0001
 NA 72 13