Prognostic Biomarkers and EBV Infection Research in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Palatine Tonsils

Table 2

Clinical features of the patients.

Parameters	Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	11 (45.8)
Female	13 (54.2)
Age (mean)	60 (range 15–86)
Stage
I/II	13 (45.8)
III/IV	6 (25)
B symptoms	12 (50)
Performance status
<2	23 (95.8)
≥2	1 (4.2)
Serum LDH
Normal	16 (66.7)
Elevated	2 (8.3)
IPI
0 and 1	15 (62.5)
2	2 (8.3)
3	1 (4.2)
4 and 5	0

LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; IPI: International Prognostic Index.