Table 1.
Hodgkin lymphoma, by subtype, diagnosed in Taiwan at National Cheng Kung University Hospital and Veterans General Hospital Taipei between 1982 and 2007
| Subtype | 1982–95/1996–2007 | EBER1‐positive (1982–95/1996–2007) | Male‐to‐female ratio | Mean age (years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Nodular lymphocyte predominance | 12 (6/6) | 7 | 1 (1/0) | 8 | 9/3 | 52.9 |
| Nodular sclerosis | 106 (36/67) | 61 | 50 (23/27) | 47 | 68/38 | 38.7 |
| Mixed cellularity | 39 (26/13) | 23 | 27 (16/11) | 69 | 32/7 | 40.6 |
| Lymphocyte‐rich classical | 7 (1/6) | 4 | 2 (0/2) | 29 | 3/4 | 53.1 |
| Lymphocyte depletion | 4 (2/2) | 2 | 2 (2/0) | 50 | 4/0 | 44.5 |
| Unclassified | 5 (0/5) | 3 | 4 (0/4) | 80 | 5/0 | 62.6 |
| Total | 173 (74/99) | 100 | 86 (42/44) | 50 | 121/52 | 41.5 |
EBER1, Epstein–Barr virus‐encoded early RNA.