Table 2.
Factors associated with death of children with Burkitt's lymphoma
| Variable | Dead | Surviving | p-value (log-rank) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 9 | 24 | 0.99 |
| Female | 3 | 9 | |
| Age at diagnosis (months) | |||
| < 48 | 3 | 10 | 0.90 |
| ≥ 48 | 9 | 23 | |
| LDH (IU/L)* | |||
| < 500 | 0 | 7 | 0.22 |
| ≥ 500 | 3 | 12 | |
| Uric Acid (mg/dL)** | |||
| < 7 | 3 | 25 | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 7 | 9 | 5 | |
| Potassium (mEq/L)† | |||
| < 4.2 | 3 | 15 | 0.96 |
| ≥ 4.2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL)# | |||
| < 0.8 | 8 | 25 | 0.34 |
| ≥ 0.8 | 4 | 7 | |
| Weight-age Z-score | |||
| < -1.28 | 3 | 12 | 0.50 |
| ≥ -1.28 | 9 | 21 | |
| Height-age Z score) | |||
| < -1.28 | 1 | 7 | 0.50 |
| ≥ -1.28 | 7 | 25 | |
| Clinical stage†† | |||
| I-II | 1 | 12 | 0.50 |
| III-IV | 10 | 21 |
*Available for only 22 patients at diagnosis
**Available for 42 patients at diagnosis
† Available for 29 patients at diagnosis
†† Available for 44 patients at diagnosis - one patient died before staging
# Available for 40 patients at diagnosis