Table 2.

Prognostic factors in univariate analysis

		Numbers	P‐values
			Log‐rank	G‐Wilcoxon
CD5	Positive	11	0.002	0.012
	Negative	69
Bcl‐2	Positive	54	0.954	0.848
	Negative	26
p53	Positive	11	0.1	0.078
	Negative	69
Age	≤60 years	30	0.005	0.007
	>60 years	50
Gender	Male	41	0.109	0.074
	Female	39
Performance status	0, 1	60	<0.001	<0.001
	2, 3, 4	20
LDH	Normal	40	0.001	0.001
	Higher	40
Stage	I or II	26	0.054	0.062
	III or IV	54
No. of extranodal sites (n = 74) †	≤1	49	0.46	0.475
	>1	25
B symptom (n = 60) †	Present	24	0.003	0.003
	Absent	36
Bulky disease (n = 76) †	Present	22	<0.001	<0.001
	Absent	54
Bone marrow invasion (n = 77) †	Present	17	0.004	0.002
	Absent	60

^† The n shown reflects the number of patients for whom data were available.LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.