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. 2015 May 14;8:49. doi: 10.1186/s13045-015-0142-4

Table 1.

Clinical patient characteristics and their association with survival outcomes

PFS OS
Characteristics n % HR P HR P
Age (years) ≤60 56 81
>60 13 19 2.164 0.039 2.489 0.024
Sex Male 46 33
Female 23 67 1.215 0.575 0.752 0.494
Performance status ECOG 0/1 56 81
ECOG ≥2 13 19 4.372 <0.001 3.736 0.001
Ann Arbor stage I/II 29/11 42/16
III/IV 5/24 7/35 1.935 <0.001 1.898 <0.001
Serum LD Normal 30 44
Increased 39 56 3.124 0.002 2.456 0.026
B symptoms Absence 39 56
Presence 30 44 2.634 0.004 2.310 0.027
LN involvement Absence 40 58
Presence 29 42 2.236 0.017 3.258 0.002
Primary site Nasal 41 59
Extranasal 28 41 4.092 <0.001 4.240 <0.001
Bone marrow invasion No 56 81
Yes 13 19 6.591 <0.001 5.298 <0.001
Extranodal involvement 0/1 43 62
≥2 26 38 2.948 0.001 2.616 0.011
EBV DNA Non-detectable 42 61
Detectable 27 39 4.111 <0.001 3.482 <0.001
IPI Low/low-intermediate 33/11 48/16
High-intermediate/High 17/8 24/12 2.482 <0.001 2.031 <0.001
NKPI Group I/II 18/8 26/12
Group III/IV 20/23 29/33 2.162 <0.001 2.036 0.001
GPS 0 32 46
1 22 32
2 15 22 2.660 <0.001 3.052 <0.001

Abbreviations: PFS progression-free survival, OS overall survival, HR hazard ratio, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, LD lactate dehydrogenase, LN lymph node, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, IPI International Prognostic Index, NKPI NK/T-cell Lymphoma Prognostic Index, CRP C-reactive protein, GPS Glasgow Prognostic Score.