Fig. 2

Low proportions of transitional B cells and high proportions of anergic B cells in the BM are significantly associated with negative survival outcome at 5 years. Proportions of B cells and subpopulations in a. BM and b. PB samples of 75 DLBCL patients at diagnosis were quantified using multicolor flow cytometry. Survival outcome at 5-years (yes/no) data was available on N = 24 BM and N = 21 PB blood samples as plotted above. Comparison was made using exact non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. For this analysis, p < .01 was taken to be significant. Graph represents mean ± SD