Primary gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Chinese patients: clinical characteristics and prognostic factors

BMC Cancer

Table 5 Risk Factors Associated with EFS in 83 Chinese Patients with PGL

	Univariate Analysis		Multivariate Analysis
Variable	Mean survival of EFS (month)(95%CI)	P value	RR (95%CI)	P value
Sex
Female	59 (46,73)	0.697
Male	46 (36,56)
Age
≤ 60 years	58 (47,69)	0.875
> 60 years	41 (30, 52)
B symptoms
No	59 (45,72)	0.294
Yes	53 (41,65)
LDH
≤ 245 U/L	70 (57,82)	0.001	Not significant
> 245 U/L	39 (27,51)
Extranodal involvement (excluding stomach)
No	59 (49,69)	0.160
Yes	32 (12,52)
Lugano staging
I-II1	82 (70,93)	< 0.0001	Not significant
≥ II2	41 (30,51)
ECOG performance status (PS)
0-1	62 (53,72)	< 0.0001	7.45 (2.96, 18.73)	0.0001
≥ 2	11 (0,24)
Histological subtypes¹
DLBCL	58 (47, 69)	0.261
MALT	73 (54, 91)
T-cell lymphomas	34 (13, 56)
mIPI
0-1	77 (65,89)	< 0.0001	3.63 (1.51, 8.72)	0.004
≥ 2	37 (26,48)
Bulky disease
No	66 (55,76)	0.001	Not significant
Yes	30 (15,45)
Leucocytopenia
No	59 (49,69)	0.179
Yes	24 (5,43)
Neutropenia
No	58 (49,68)	0.372
Yes	29 (11,47)
Lymphocytopenia
No	63 (53,73)	0.001	Not significant
Yes	27 (8,46)
Anemia
No	70 (58,82)	0.007	2.38 (1.08, 5.27)	0.032
Yes	45 (33,58)
Albumin
≥ 35 g/L	67 (56,77)	0.001
< 35 g/L	33 (19,48)		Not significant

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