Table III.

Unadjusted hazard ratios for mortality among CHOP-treated children with Burkitt lymphoma in Lilongwe, Malawi

Variable	Hazard ratio	95% CI	p
Female gender	2.12	1.12 – 4.03	0.021
Age ≥ 9 years	2.13	1.15 – 3.94	0.016
Clinical stage, per Murphy system unit increase	1.52	1.07 – 2.17	0.019
Lansky performance status, per 10-point increase	0.78	0.69 – 0.89	<0.001
Haemoglobin, per g/l	0.99	0.98 – 1.01	0.352
Lactate dehydrogenase, per 100 iu/l	1.03	1.01 – 1.05	0.003
Albumin, per g/l	0.96	0.93 – 0.99	0.033
Weight or BMI for age z-score <−2	1.90	1.05 – 3.45	0.035
Abdominal involvement	1.63	0.91 – 2.93	0.101

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.