Prognostic significance of peripheral monocyte count in patients with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 163 patients with extranodal nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKL) at diagnosis

Characteristics	Number of patients	%
Age, median y (range)	43 (17–80)
Sex
Male	113	69.3
Female	50	30.7
ECOG score
0-1	151	92.6
≥ 2	12	7.4
Serum LDH > 245 u/l	55	33.7
B symptoms	85	52.1
Extranodal sites of involvement ≥ 2	23	14.1
Ann Arbor Stage
I-II	128	78.5
III-IV	35	21.5
Subtype
UNKTL	140	85.9
EUNKTL	23	14.1
Regional lymph node involvement^a	53	38.4
KPI score^b
0-1	84	60.9
2-4	54	39.1
IPI score
0-1	125	76.7
2-5	38	23.3
AMC ≥ 0.50×10⁹/L	118	72.4

Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; UNKTL, upper aerodigestive tract NK/T-cell lymphoma; EUNKTL, extraupper aerodigestive tract NK/T-cell lymphoma; KPI, Korean Prognostic Index; IPI, International Prognostic Index; AMC, absolute monocyte count.
^a Complete data on regional lymph node involvement was available in 138 patients.
^b Complete data on KPI prognostic score was assessable in 138 patients.

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