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. 2018 Mar 12;18:276. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4187-y

Table 5.

Frequency and main characteristics of lymphoma subtypes in outpatient and inpatient cohorts according to referral sources

OPs (N = 1184) IPs (N = 535)
PC (n = 894) ED (n = 290) P value PC (n = 169) ED (n = 366) P value
Classical Hodgkin lymphoma, n (%) 183 (20.5) 33 (11.3) <.001 41 (24.3) 61 (16.7) <.001
Large B-cell lymphoma, n (%) 242 (27.1) 127 (43.8) <.001 54 (32.0) 155 (42.3) <.001
Follicular lymphoma, n (%) 370 (41.4) 69 (23.8) <.001 50 (29.6) 73 (19.9) <.001
Nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma, n (%) 106 (11.9) 54 (18.6) <.001 24 (14.2) 77 (21.0) <.001
Age > 60 years, n (%) 451 (50.4) 160 (55.2) <.001 123 (72.8) 260 (71.0) .108
ECOG performance score > 1, n (%) 120 (13.4) 53 (18.3) <.001 36 (21.3) 87 (23.8) .089
B symptoms, n (%) 244 (27.3) 93 (32.1) .001 61 (36.1) 143 (39.1) .052
Systemic symptoms, n (%) 186 (20.8) 72 (24.8) .012 57 (33.7) 134 (36.6) .060
Pain symptoms, n (%) 33 (3.7) 10 (3.4) .197 14 (8.3) 32 (8.7) .210
Serum LDH > UNL, n (%) 287 (32.1) 115 (39.7) <.001 68 (40.2) 172 (47.0) <.001
Ann Arbor III/IV stage, n (%) 520 (58.2) 173 (59.7) .103 108 (63.9) 244 (66.7) .066
High risk IPI score (LBCL), n (%) 42 (17.4) 22 (17.3) .230 13 (24.1) 36 (23.2) .167
High risk IPI score (NPTCL), n (%) 32 (30.2) 15 (27.8) .081 9 (37.5) 29 (37.7) .231
High risk FLIPI score, n (%) 101 (27.3) 20 (29.0) .098 16 (32.0) 23 (31.5) .195
High risk IPS score, n (%) 25 (13.7) 5 (15.2) .106 8 (19.5) 12 (19.7) .252

Abbreviations: PC primary care; ED emergency department; LBCL large B-cell lymphoma; NPTCL nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma

For other abbreviations, definitions, and explanations, see Tables 1, 3, and 4