From: The determinants and impact of diagnostic delay in lymphoma in a TB and HIV endemic setting
Patient interval (wks) | Healthcare practitioner interval (wks) | Referral interval (wks) | Treatment interval (wks) | |||||||||
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n | Median | p | n | Median | p | n | Median | p | n | Median | p | |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Female | 57 | 2 | 0.14 | 60 | 8 | 0.85 | 65 | 2 | 0.56 | 65 | 2 | 0.97 |
Male | 71 | 4 | 73 | 7 | 87 | 2 | 91 | 1 | ||||
Age | ||||||||||||
< 50 yr | 75 | 4 | 0.59 | 79 | 6 | 0.26 | 88 | 2 | 0.54 | 88 | 2 | 0.27 |
≧ 50 | 53 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 68 | 1 | ||||
HIV | ||||||||||||
Negative | 91 | 4 | 0.41 | 93 | 7 | 0.58 | 105 | 2 | 0.20 | 112 | 1 | 0.29 |
Positive | 37 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 47 | 2 | 44 | 2 | ||||
Lymphoma type | ||||||||||||
NHL | 96 | 3 | 0.15 | 99 | 6 | 0.01 | 112 | 2 | 0.64 | 117 | 1 | < 0.01 |
HL | 32 | 4 | 34 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 39 | 3 | ||||
Performance score | ||||||||||||
ECOG 0 | 17 | 4 | 0.43 | 17 | 6 | 0.43 | 18 | 3 | 0.52 | 18 | 2 | 0.01 |
ECOG 1 | 57 | 4 | 59 | 8 | 71 | 2 | 73 | 2 | ||||
ECOG 2 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 1 | ||||
ECOG 3 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 28 | 1 | ||||
ECOG 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||||
FNAC | ||||||||||||
Not performed | 76 | 3 | 0.38 | 78 | 5 | 0.04 | 91 | 2 | 0.86 | 94 | 1 | 0.08 |
Performed | 52 | 4 | 55 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 62 | 2 | ||||
Stage | ||||||||||||
Early-stage | 45 | 3 | 0.66 | 47 | 4 | 0.02 | 56 | 2 | 0.12 | 58 | 2 | 0.16 |
Late-stage | 83 | 4 | 86 | 9 | 96 | 2 | 98 | 1 | ||||
Clinical characteristics | ||||||||||||
No peripheral lymph nodes | 42 | 2 | 0.03 | 43 | 6 | 0.24 | 52 | 2 | 0.13 | 57 | 1 | 0.02 |
Peripheral lymph nodes | 86 | 4 | 90 | 7 | 100 | 2 | 99 | 2 | ||||
No B symptoms | 57 | 3 | 0.17 | 58 | 4 | 0.08 | 64 | 2 | 0.22 | 66 | 2 | 0.46 |
B Symptoms present | 71 | 4 | 75 | 9 | 88 | 2 | 90 | 2 | ||||
Not on TB therapy | 115 | 4 | 0.82 | 118 | 6 | 0.28 | 136 | 2 | 0.72 | 141 | 2 | 0.45 |
On TB therapy at diagnosis | 13 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | ||||
iagnosis made on lymph node | 120 | 4 | 0.02 | 125 | 7 | 0.75 | 144 | 2 | 0.10 | 147 | 1 | 0.44 |
Diagnosis made on bone marrow | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 |