Survival and Prognostic Factors for AIDS and Non-AIDS Patients with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Bahia, Brazil: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with NHL according to HIV status, at the moment of diagnosis, in Salvador-Bahia.

Variable	HIV positive		HIV negative		𝑃 value
	𝑛=31	%	𝑛=62	%
Age in years (means ± SDP)	44.1±8.6		44.1±10.6		0.99
Gender
Male	19	61.3	38	61.3	1.00
Female	12	38.7	24	38.7
Disease stage
I/II	6	22.2	27	44.3	0.05
III/IV	21	77.8	34	55.7
Bulky disease
Yes	8	29.6	20	32.8	0.81
No	19	70.4	41	67.2
Number of extranodal sites
0 and 1	17	58.6	51	82.2	0.10
2 and 3	12	41.3	11	17.7
B symptoms
Yes	24	85.7	42	68.9	0.12
No	4	14.3	19	31.1
ECOG
<2	11	57.9	50	89.3	0.005
≥2	8	42.1	6	10.7
LDH
Normal	5	21.7	23	41.1	0.10
Elevated	18	78.3	33	58.9
IPI
<2	3	15.8	27	48.2	0.01
≥2	16	84.2	29	51.8
Bone marrow infiltration
Yes	5	21.7	9	17.6	0.75
No	18	78.3	42	82.4