Research Article
Incidence Patterns and Outcomes for Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients in the United States
Table 2
Racial differences in the presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma.
| Characteristic | White | Black | A/PI | P-value | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | W versus B | W versus A/PI |
| | 14,076 | | 1,693 | | 722 | | | | Age, years | | | | | | | | | Mean | 42 | | 38 | | 38 | | <.001 | <.001 | Interquartile Range | 26–57 | | 25–49 | | 23–51 | | | | <45 | 8,472 | 60.19 | 1,148 | 67.81 | 493 | 68.28 | <.001 | <.001 | ≥45 | 5,604 | 39.81 | 545 | 32.19 | 229 | 31.72 | | | Male sex | 7,711 | 54.78 | 913 | 53.93 | 399 | 55.26 | .51 | .80 | Stage | | | | | | | | | I | 2,717 | 19.30 | 360 | 21.26 | 95 | 13.16 | <.001 | <.001 | II | 5,555 | 39.46 | 527 | 31.13 | 327 | 45.29 | | | III | 2,639 | 18.74 | 365 | 21.56 | 133 | 18.42 | | | IV | 2,349 | 16.69 | 356 | 21.03 | 128 | 17.73 | | | Unknown | 816 | 5.80 | 85 | 5.02 | 39 | 5.40 | | | Extranodal disease | | | | | | | | | Yes | 3,170 | 22.52 | 455 | 26.88 | 179 | 24.79 | <.001 | .17 | No | 10,090 | 71.68 | 1,153 | 68.10 | 504 | 69.81 | | | Unknown | 816 | 5.80 | 85 | 5.02 | 39 | 5.40 | | | B symptoms | | | | | | | | | Yes | 4,988 | 35.44 | 608 | 35.91 | 305 | 42.24 | .06 | .60 | No | 5,783 | 41.08 | 629 | 37.15 | 275 | 38.09 | | | Unknown | 3,305 | 23.48 | 456 | 26.93 | 142 | 19.67 | | |
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Note: for each variable, cases with unknown information were excluded in calculating the P-value. Abbreviations: W: whites; B: blacks; O: others.
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