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Table 2 Treatment-related toxicity

From: Prognostic model based on the geriatric nutritional risk index and sarcopenia in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

 

GNRI/sarcopenia risk

P

High cachexia risk

(n = 71)

Low cachexia risk

(n = 157)

Hematologic toxicity, grade ≥ 3

 Anemia

22 (31.0)

23 (14.7)

0.004

 Neutropenia

60 (84.5)

127 (80.9)

0.510

 Febrile neutropenia

31 (43.7)

41 (26.1)

0.008

 Thrombocytopenia

31 (43.7)

29 (18.5)

<  0.001

Any non-hematologic toxicity, grade ≥ 3

35 (49.3)

48 (30.6)

0.007

Treatment-related mortality

14 (19.7)

6 (3.8)

<  0.001

Early treatment discontinuation

28 (39.4)

12 (7.6)

<  0.001

  1. Abbreviations: GNRI Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index