Table 5.

Factors that affected mortality in patients with DLBCL and HL according to the Cox proportional hazards model

Factor	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P value
Age	1.03 (95% CI 1.01–1.05)	0.0011
Male gender	3.41 (95% CI 1.82–6.37)	0.0001
Type of lymphoma: DLBCL	1.35 (95% CI 0.65–2.77)	0.4181
Advanced diseasea	1.52 (95% CI 0.79–2.91)	0.2089
Poor prognostic diseaseb	2.25 (95% CI 1.19–4.27)	0.0130
Bulky disease	0.77 (95% CI 0.25–2.35)	0.6509
High KRSc	2.05 (95% CI 0.99–4.23)	0.0501
Presence of VTE	2.15 (95% CI 1.19–3.86)	0.0106

CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, IPI International Prognostic Index

P < 0.05: statistically significant

^aAdvanced disease: stage according to Lugano IV

^bIPI, International Prognostic Index ≥ 3; IPS, International Prognostic Score ≥ 3

^cAccording to the Khorana Risk Score (KRS) for VTE risk assessment