Table 5.

Univariate analyses in HBsAg-positive and -negative DLBCL patients

Characteristics	HBsAg-positive DLBCL patients		HBsAg- negative DLBCL patients
	N (total = 127)	Log-rank P-value	N (total = 293)	Log-rank P value
Sex
Male	79	0.5748	158	0.6699
Female	48		135
Age
> 60	22	0.0377	97	< 0.0001
≤ 60	105		196
Ann Arbor stage
I	18	0.0002	48	< 0.0001
II	37		113
III	34		44
IV	38		88
B symptoms
Present	28	0.0003	76	0.697
Absent	99		217
Elevated LDH
Present	67	0.0487	135	< 0.0001
Absent	56		158
Unknown	4		–
Treatment with rituximab
Yes	60	0.0152	143	0.002
No	67		150
Spleen involvement
Yes	28	0.034	19	0.002
No	99		274
Bcl-2&Myc positive
Yes	34	0.048	57	0.037
No	22		59
Unknown	71		177
Cell of origin
GCB	47	0.124	107	0.103
Non-GCB	80		186
HBV DNA copies
< 1000 copies/ml	51	0.536	–	–
> 1000 copies/ml	69
Unknown	7
HBeAg
Positive	25	0.534	–	–
Negative	95
Unknown	7