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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Mar 26;124(11):2306–2315. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31328

Table 1. Patient characteristics at diagnosis and treatments.

P-values are for comparisons of non-CK vs CK groups. Percentages only refer to patients for whom data for a given variable is available, missing data not included.

Characteristic All patients Complex karyotype Non-complex p
(n=274) (n=53) (n=221)
Median age (range) 63 (32-83) 63 (43-81) 63(32-83) 0.57
Male sex, n(%) 189 (69) 34 (64) 155 (70) 0.4
MIPI Group, n(%) <0.01
Low 49 (29) 4 (12) 45 (33)
Intermediate 67 (40) 11 (33) 56 (41)
High 52 (31) 18 (55) 34 (25)
Ki67 expression, n(%) 0.19
Ki67 > 30% 59 (47) 11 (58) 48 (45)
Ki67 ≤ 30% 66 (53) 8 (42) 58 (55)
ECOG PS, n(%) 0.05
0 or 1 211 (92) 38 (84) 173 (94)
2, 3 or 4 19 (8) 7 (16) 12 (6)
Stage 0.15
I/II 9 (3) 0 (0) 9 (4)
III/IV 256 (97) 52 (100) 204 (96)
Bone marrow involvement <0.01
Yes 220 (83) 47 (96) 173 (80)
No 45 (17) 2(4) 43 (20)
GI involvement 0.37
Yes 33 (18) 2 (11) 31 (20)
No 150 (82) 17 (89) 188 (81)
Splenomegaly <0.01
Yes 144 (57) 41 (80) 103 (52)
No 107 (42) 10 (20) 97 (49)
Elevated LDH <0.01
Yes 91 (41) 28 (60) 63 (36)
No 132 (59) 19 (40) 113 (64)
WBC > 10,000 <0.01
Yes 87(35) 26 (53) 61 (31)
No 159 (65) 23 (47) 136 (69)
Nodal mass > 10cm 0.78
Yes 12 (5) 2 (4) 10 (5)
No 236 (95) 47 (96) 189 (95)
Constitutional symptoms <0.01
Yes 86(33) 24 (50) 62 (29)
No 176 (67) 24 (50) 152 (71)
High intensity induction regimen 0.34
Yes 117 (48) 26 (54) 91 (46)
No 127 (52) 22 (46) 105 (54)
ASCT in CR1 0.88
Yes 111 (49) 20 (50) 91 (49)
No 116 (51) 20 (50) 96 (51)
Year of diagnosis <0.01
2006 and earlier 44 (16) 10 (19) 34 (15)
2007-2009 64 (23) 8 (15) 56 (25)
2010-2012 95 (35) 28 (53) 67 (30)
2013-2015 71 (26) 7 (13) 64 (29)