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Table 5 Frequency and main characteristics of lymphoma subtypes in outpatient and inpatient cohorts according to referral sources

From: Time to diagnosis and associated costs of an outpatient vs inpatient setting in the diagnosis of lymphoma: a retrospective study of a large cohort of major lymphoma subtypes in Spain

 

OPs (N = 1184)

IPs (N = 535)

 

PC (n = 894)

ED (n = 290)

P value

PC (n = 169)

ED (n = 366)

P value

Classical Hodgkin lymphoma, n (%)

183 (20.5)

33 (11.3)

<.001

41 (24.3)

61 (16.7)

<.001

Large B-cell lymphoma, n (%)

242 (27.1)

127 (43.8)

<.001

54 (32.0)

155 (42.3)

<.001

Follicular lymphoma, n (%)

370 (41.4)

69 (23.8)

<.001

50 (29.6)

73 (19.9)

<.001

Nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma, n (%)

106 (11.9)

54 (18.6)

<.001

24 (14.2)

77 (21.0)

<.001

Age > 60 years, n (%)

451 (50.4)

160 (55.2)

<.001

123 (72.8)

260 (71.0)

.108

ECOG performance score > 1, n (%)

120 (13.4)

53 (18.3)

<.001

36 (21.3)

87 (23.8)

.089

B symptoms, n (%)

244 (27.3)

93 (32.1)

.001

61 (36.1)

143 (39.1)

.052

Systemic symptoms, n (%)

186 (20.8)

72 (24.8)

.012

57 (33.7)

134 (36.6)

.060

Pain symptoms, n (%)

33 (3.7)

10 (3.4)

.197

14 (8.3)

32 (8.7)

.210

Serum LDH > UNL, n (%)

287 (32.1)

115 (39.7)

<.001

68 (40.2)

172 (47.0)

<.001

Ann Arbor III/IV stage, n (%)

520 (58.2)

173 (59.7)

.103

108 (63.9)

244 (66.7)

.066

High risk IPI score (LBCL), n (%)

42 (17.4)

22 (17.3)

.230

13 (24.1)

36 (23.2)

.167

High risk IPI score (NPTCL), n (%)

32 (30.2)

15 (27.8)

.081

9 (37.5)

29 (37.7)

.231

High risk FLIPI score, n (%)

101 (27.3)

20 (29.0)

.098

16 (32.0)

23 (31.5)

.195

High risk IPS score, n (%)

25 (13.7)

5 (15.2)

.106

8 (19.5)

12 (19.7)

.252

  1. Abbreviations: PC primary care; ED emergency department; LBCL large B-cell lymphoma; NPTCL nodal peripheral T-cell lymphoma
  2. For other abbreviations, definitions, and explanations, see Tables 1, 3, and 4