Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of studied MNH patients with KS, non-KS tumors and reactive lesions in association with HIV serostatus

Histological diagnosis	Age characteristics (years)	Age-group (years)		Sex		HIV serostatus		Overall cohort(Years)
		Adults (≥15)	Children (<15)	Male	Female	Positive	Negative
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) [120 cases]	Mean age	35.8	na*	36.6	32.7	35.5	37.2	35.6
	Age-Range	17–70	na*	12–70	17–65	12–70	19–65	12–70
Total (%)		119 (99.2)	1 (0.8)	88 (73.3)	32 (26.7)	93 (77.5)	27 (22.5)	120 (100.0)
Non-KS malignancies [24 cases]	Mean age	36.5	8.5	31.1	22.4	na *	29.6	29.2
	Age-Range	15–63	5–14	5–63	7–27	na *	5–63	5–63
Total (%)		18 (75.0)	6 (25.0)	18 (75.0)	6 (25.0)	1 (4.2)	23 (95.8)	24 (100.0)
Non-malignant cases [40 cases]	Mean age	34.9	8.0	37.5	26.1	31.8	31.2	31.6
	Age-Range	18–52	2–11	9–52	2–47	2–52	9–44	2–52
Total (%)		36 (90.0)	4 (10.0)	21 (52.5)	19 (47.59	28 (70.0)	12 (30.0)	40 (100.0)
Grand total (%)		173 (94.0)	11 (6.0)	127 (69.0)	57 (31.0)	122 (66.3)	62 (33.7)	184 (100.0)

Key: na = not applicable, * = only one case available.