Table 4. Patient characteristics.

	CHOP	PMitCEBO	CHOP+ GCSF	PMitCEBO+ GCSF	Total
Age (years)
Median	70	70	71	71	70
Range	60–86	60–89	60–87	60–85	60–89
Sex (%)
Female	46	48	48	48	48
Male	54	52	52	52	52
Stage (%)
I	9	8	11	10	10
II	29	30	24	23	27
III	29	25	29	34	29
IV	32	36	35	33	34
B Symptoms (%)
A	49	43	50	42	46
B	51	57	50	58	54
WHO PS (%)
0	32	31	34	30	32
1	41	43	37	38	40
2	17	18	20	26	20
3	8	6	6	4	6
4	2	2	2	3	2
LDH (%)
Not raised	39	43	34	36	38
Raised	61	57	66	64	62
IPI (%)
0	18	20	16	11	16
1	30	30	28	33	30
2	39	34	37	37	37
3	13	16	19	18	17