Table 3.

Correlation of HGAL expression with clinical variables

Variable	HGAL expression†
	Negative, %	Positive, %	Fisher exact P
Sex			.85
Male	24	76
Female	27	73
Age, y			.05
Less than 45	21	79
45 or more	39	61
Stage			.70
I, II	24	76
III, IV	28	72
IPS			.83
2 or below	26	74
More than 2	29	71
Bulky disease			.83
No	27	73
Yes	24	76
Histology			> .99
Nodular sclerosis	26	74
Other	25	75
B symptoms*			> .99
No	24	76
Yes	25	75
No. of involved sites*			.75
1 to 3	25	75
More than 3	18	82

^*Restricted to patients with stage I or II disease.

^†Negative, n = 37 (N = 37); positive, n = 108 (N = 108).