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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2008 Apr 1;141(5):10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07070.x. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07070.x

Table II.

Absolute T-cell and NK cell number at diagnosis

Prognostic factors/variable Number
of patients
Median NK cell
count (× 109/L)
Median T cell count
(× 109/L)
All patients 166 0.54 2.06

Rai Stage at diagnosis p=0.13 p=0.81
 0 113 0.59 2.06
 I/II 40 0.45 1.97
III/IV 8 0.25 2.39

CD38 p=0.16 p=0.77
 Positive (≥30%) 54 0.48 2.11
 Negative (<30%) 107 0.59 2.02

ZAP-70 p=0.71 p=0.73
 Positive (≥20%) 12 0.48 2.30
 Negative (<20%) 34 0.59 2.19

IgVH gene mutation status p=0.17 p=0.23
 Unmutated
 Mutated 27 0.45 1.64
41 0.63 2.25

FISH result p=0.30 p=0.24
 13q- 26 0.53 2.17
 Normal 18 0.56 1.62
 +12 15 0.54 2.73
 11q-/17p- 11 0.29 1.24