Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2009 May 4;146(1):91–94. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07721.x
Variable DLBCL
patients
Controls FL patients Controls HL patients Controls
Total number, n (%) 2517 (100) 9932 (100) 2668 (100) 10468 (100) 6963 (100) 28371 (100)
     Males, n (%) 1374 (55) 5421 (55) 1306 (49) 5097 (49) 4122 (59) 16862 (59)
     Females, n (%) 1143 (45) 4511 (45) 1362 (51) 5371 (51) 2841 (41) 11509 (41)
Age at diagnosis (yrs), mean (s.d.) 65.5 (16.2) 63.5 (13.4) 43.5 (20.8)
Number of patients by age of dx (%)
     <=40 184 (7) 114 (4) 3361 (48)
     41-50 185 (7) 265 910) 794 (11)
     51-60 402 (16) 601 (22) 859 (12)
     61-70 503 (20) 676 (25) 950 (14)
     > 70 1243 (49) 1012 (938) 996 (14)
Numbers of first-degree relatives (%)
Total 8974 (100) 35310 (100) 10188 (100) 40384 (100) 24053 (100) 108180 (100)
     Parents 1978 (22) 7901 (22) 2442 (24) 9846 (24) 7058 (28) 30354 (29)
     Siblings 1718 (19) 6301 (18) 2036 (20) 8210 (20) 5384 (23) 24495 (22)
     Offspring 5278 (59) 21108 (60) 5710 (56) 22328 (55) 11611 (49) 53331 (48)