Research Article

Impact of Interstitial Pneumonia on the Survival and Risk Factors Analysis of Patients with Hematological Malignancy

Table 1

Demographics of HM patients with and without IP.

PatientsIP groupNon-IP group
IIPnIIPTotal

Sex (male/female)23/12499/25641/20499/256
Mean age (years; range)46.9 (7–87)52.1 (2–93)50.3 (7–87)52.1 (2–93)
Median follow-up period (months)8.726.78.726.7
Underlying hematological disease
 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma17278  (36.8%)26  (42.6%)278  (36.8%)
  B-cell NHL1022319223
  T-cell NHL 755755
 Hodgkin’s lymphoma125  (3.3%)5  (8.2%)25  (3.3%)
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia880  (10.6%)10  (16.4%)80  (10.6%)
  Pre-B ALL559659
  T-cell ALL217317
  B-cell ALL1414
 Acute myeloid leukaemia5162  (21.5%)8  (13.1%)162  (21.5%)
 Chronic myeloid leukaemia380  (10.6%)7  (11.5%)80  (10.6%)
  Chronic phase00
  Accelerated phase15
  Blast crisis22
 Chronic lymphoblastic leukaemia026  (3.4%)026  (3.4%)
 Multiple myeloma1104  (13.8%)5  (8.2%)104  (13.8%)
 Total35  (57%)75561755

HM: hematological malignancy; IP: interstitial pneumonia; IIP: infectious interstitial pneumonia; nIIP: noninfectious interstitial pneumonia; non-IP group: the hematological malignancy patients without interstitial pneumonia; NHL: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.