Table 1. Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1,025 cases from five institutions in Brazil, according to histological types, age and gender.
| LP | NS | MC | LD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total |
| 0-10 | 9 (10.2) | 1 (1.1) | 32 (36.3) | 15 (17) | 22 (25) | 5 (5.6) | 3 (3.4) | 1 (1.1) | 88 |
| 10-20 | 7 (2.9) | 4 (1.7) | 95 (40.4) | 83 (35.3) | 28 (11.9) | 9 (3.8) | 5 (2.1) | 4 (1.7) | 235 |
| 20-30 | 4 (1.4) | 2 (0.7) | 103 (37.3) | 112 (40.5) | 28 (10.1) | 14 (5) | 6 (2.1) | 7 (2.5) | 276 |
| 30-40 | 7 (4.4) | 1 (0.6) | 70 (44) | 37 (23.2) | 23 (14.4) | 12 (7.5) | 6 (3.7) | 3 (1.8) | 159 |
| 40-50 | 4 (3.8) | 2 (1.9) | 37 (35.2) | 28 (26.6) | 22 (20.9) | 5 (4.7) | 5 (4.7) | 2 (1.9) | 105 |
| 50-60 | 2 (2.8) | 1 (1.4) | 27 (38.5) | 16 (22.8) | 17 (24.2) | 6 (8.5) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 70 |
| 60-70 | 2 (4.2) | 1 (2.1) | 18 (38.2) | 12 (25.5) | 4 (8.5) | 6 (12.7) | 3 (6.3) | 1 (2.1) | 47 |
| > 70 | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 19 (42.2) | 6 (13.3) | 8 (17.7) | 8 (17.7) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 45 |
| Total | 36 (3.5) | 14 (1.3) | 401 (39.1) | 309 (30.1) | 152 (14.8) | 65 (6.3) | 28 (2.7) | 20 (1.9) | 1,025 |
LP = lymphocyte predominance; NS = nodular sclerosis; MC = mixed cellularity; LD = lymphocyte depletion; M = males; F = females; numbers in parenthesis = percentage of the total for the same age group.