Clinical Study
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 | value | | % | | % |
| Age in years (means ± SDP) | | | 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 |
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