Table 4.
Patient demographics and EBV positivity in lymphomas
| Factor | BTGH | VAMC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. EBV positive/Total no. of samples (%) |
P valuea | No. EBV positive/Total no. of samples (%) |
P valuea | |
| Gender | NS | NS | ||
| Male | 14/30 (47) | 23/125 (18) | ||
| Female | 3/14 (21) | 0/2 (0) | ||
| Age categoryb | NS | NS | ||
| Younger | 8/17 (47) | 5/22 (23) | ||
| Older | 9/27 (33) | 18/105 (17) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | NS | NS | ||
| Asian | 0/1 (0) | 0/0 (0) | ||
| Black | 6/15 (40) | 7/32 (22) | ||
| Hispanic | 9/23 (39) | 2/14 (14) | ||
| White | 2/5 (40) | 13/71 (18) | ||
| HIV status | NS | 0.03 | ||
| Positive | 6/9 (67) | 5/10 (50) | ||
| Negative | 5/10 (50) | 14/71 (20) | ||
| Pathology | NS | NS | ||
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 16/41 (39) | 22/126 (17) | ||
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 1/3 (33) | 1/1 (100) | ||
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.