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. 2014 Apr 29;14:229. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-229

Table 3.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma in AIDS-associated autopsies

 
 
Total
ART (−) patients
ART (+) patients
P values
    n % n % n %    
All NHL cases
 
71
100.0%
41
100.0%
25
100.0%
 
 
 Histology
DLBCL
53
74.6%
30
73.2%
18
72.0%
0.917
 
 
BL
4
5.6%
3
7.3%
1
4.0%
0.987
Y
 
PEL
5
7.0%
4
9.8%
1
4.0%
0.706
Y
 
PBL
1
1.4%
1
2.4%
0
0.0%
0.801
Y
 
Other
6
8.5%
2
4.9%
4
16.0%
0.279
Y
 
Unknown
2
2.8%
1
2.4%
1
4.0%
0.703
Y
 Site
Nodular
1
1.4%
0
0.0%
1
4.0%
0.801
Y
 
Extranodular
45
63.4%
28
68.3%
12
48.0%
0.102
 
 
Both
21
29.6%
11
26.8%
10
40.0%
0.265
 
 
Unknown
4
5.6%
2
4.9%
2
8.0%
0.987
Y
 PCNS
Yes
27
38.0%
18
43.9%
6
24.0%
0.103
 
 EBV
Positive
52
73.2%
35
85.4%
12
48.0%
0.001
 
 KSHV
Positive
6
8.5%
5
12.2%
1
4.0%
0.495
Y
 Cause of death
Yes
50
70.4%
33
80.5%
16
64.0%
0.137
 
All KS cases
 
38
 
22
 
10
 
 
 
 Site
Skin
32
84.2%
19
86.4%
9
90.0%
0.410
 
 
GI tract
27
71.1%
15
68.2%
8
80.0%
0.705
 
 
Lung
21
55.3%
11
50.0%
6
60.0%
0.799
 
 
Lymph node
20
52.6%
13
59.1%
6
60.0%
0.502
 
 
Other
16
42.1%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0.787
Y
 Cause of death Yes 11 29.0% 7 31.8% 2 20.0% 0.791 Y

NHL, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; BL, Burkitt lymphoma; PEL, primary effusion lymphoma; PBL, plasmablastic lymphoma; PCNS, primary central nervous system lymphoma; EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; KSHV, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus; KS, Kaposi sarcoma; GI, gastrointestinal. P values were calculated by Chi-square test. Y indicates the use of Chi-square test with Yates correction. Bold font indicates statistical significance.