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. 2018 Oct 30;27(7):2453–2462. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4523-4

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

On treatment (N = 106)a Surviving < 5 years (N = 77) Surviving ≥ 5 years (N = 121) Total (N = 304) P valueb
Age at diagnosis, years < 0.001c
 N 106 76 121 303
 Mean (SD) 41.54 (16.06) 40.55 (17.04) 30.39 (11.61) 36.84 (15.59)
 Median 40.00 36.50 29.00 34.00
 Range (19.00–80.00) (18.00–79.00) (6.00–72.00) (6.00–80.00)
Years from diagnosis to first visit < 0.001c
 N 106 77 121 304
 Mean (SD) 1.35 (3.06) 2.13 (1.54) 16.35 (8.87) 7.51 (9.32)
 Median 0.10 1.97 14.47 3.55
 Range (0.00–19.47) (0.00–4.90) (5.08–47.98) (0.00–47.98)
Sex 0.172d
 Male 57 (53.8%) 36 (46.8%) 50 (41.3%) 143 (47.0%)
 Female 49 (46.2%) 41 (53.2%) 71 (58.7%) 161 (53.0%)
Race 0.022d
 White 66 (62.3%) 55 (71.4%) 98 (81.0%) 219 (72.0%)
 Non-White 29 (27.4%) 16 (20.8%) 20 (16.5%) 65 (21.4%)
 Unknown 11 (10.4%) 6 (7.8%) 3 (2.5%) 20 (6.6%)
Ethnicity 0.024d
 Hispanic or Latino 4 (3.8%) 3 (3.9%) 4 (3.3%) 11 (3.6%)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 90 (84.9%) 68 (88.3%) 116 (95.9%) 274 (90.1%)
 Unknown 12 (11.3%) 6 (7.8%) 1 (0.8%) 19 (6.3%)
Charlson Score 0.466c
 N 106 77 121 304
 Mean (SD) 2.46 (1.34) 2.64 (1.66) 2.27 (0.87) 2.43 (1.28)
 Median 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
 Range (2.00–9.00) (2.00–9.00) (2.00–8.00) (2.00–9.00)
HL subtype 0.370d
 Classical 96 (90.6%) 66 (85.7%) 100 (82.6%) 262 (86.2%)
 Nodular Lymphocyte predominant 9 (8.5%) 9 (11.7%) 15 (12.4%) 33 (10.9%)
 Gray zone 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.3%)
 Other 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.8%) 1 (0.3%)
 Unknown 1 (0.9%) 1 (1.3%) 5 (4.1%) 7 (2.3%)
Stage 0.020d
 I 6 (5.7%) 10 (13.0%) 18 (14.9%) 34 (11.2%)
 II 46 (43.4%) 30 (39.0%) 59 (48.8%) 135 (44.4%)
 III 24 (22.6%) 23 (29.9%) 32 (26.4%) 79 (26.0%)
 IV 28 (26.4%) 12 (15.6%) 10 (8.3%) 50 (16.4%)
 Unknown 2 (1.9%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (1.7%) 6 (2.0%)
Risk strata 0.002d
 Early, favorable 13 (12.3%) 18 (23.4%) 46 (38.0%) 77 (25.3%)
 Early, unfavorable 39 (36.8%) 22 (28.6%) 31 (25.6%) 92 (30.3%)
 Advanced 52 (49.1%) 35 (45.5%) 42 (34.7%) 129 (42.4%)
 Unknown 2 (1.9%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (1.7%) 6 (2.0%)

aA total of 95 patients on treatment were surviving less than 5 years, whereas 11 survived 5 or more years

bPatients with “unknown” status were excluded when calculating P values

cKruskal-Wallis test

dChi-square or Fisher’s exact test