Table 3.
Patient demographics and SV40 positivity in lymphomas
| Factor | BTGH | VAMC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. SV40 positive/Total no. of samples (%) |
P valuea | No. SV40 positive/Total no. of samples (%) |
P valuea | |
| Gender | NS | NS | ||
| Male | 6/30 (20) | 4/125 (3) | ||
| Female | 4/14 (29) | 0/2 (0) | ||
| Age categoryb | NS | 0.02 | ||
| Younger | 6/17 (35) | 3/22 (14) | ||
| Older | 4/27 (15) | 1/105 (1) | ||
| Race/ethnicityc | NS | NS | ||
| Asian | 0/1 (0) | 0/0 (0) | ||
| Black | 4/15 (27) | 0/32 (0) | ||
| Hispanic | 5/23 (22) | 1/14 (7) | ||
| White | 1/5 (20) | 3/71 (4) | ||
| HIV statusc | NS | NS | ||
| Positive | 2/9 (22) | 1/10 (10) | ||
| Negative | 1/10 (10) | 3/71 (4) | ||
| Pathology | NS | NS | ||
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 10/41 (24) | 4/126 (3) | ||
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 0/3 (0) | 0/1 (0) | ||
Abbreviations: BTGH = Ben Taub General Hospital; VAMC = Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center; NS = not significant.
a
P values were evaluated between subgroups within a given hospital population.
b
Cut points for younger and older age variable: BTGH = ≤40 and >40 years, VAMC = ≤50 and >50 years.
c
For BTGH, 25 patients were of unknown HIV status; for VAMC, 10 patients were of unknown race/ethnicity and 46 were of unknown HIV status.