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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma by pre-PET-CT steroid treatment

From: Effect of steroid treatment on the diagnostic yield of baseline 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in aggressive B cell lymphoma

Characteristics

Steroid-naïve (n = 131)

Steroid-treated (n = 47)

P value

Female sex, n (%)

55 (41.99%)

24 (51.1%)

0.31

Age (years), mean (SD)

64.63 (16.13)

63.79 (15.38)

0.75

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

30 (22.9%)

12 (25.5%)

0.69

LDH level (U/L), mean (SD)

881.64 (1996.93)

2614.81 (11,762.75)

0.03

Ki67 index (%), mean (SD)

71.89 (19.68)

74.5 (20.02)

0.32

IPI score, n (%)

 0–1

44 (33.59)

12 (25.3)

 

 2–3

72 (54.96)

24 (51.07)

 

 4–5

15 (11.45)

11 (23.44)

0.12

 Mean IPI score (SD)

2.10 (1.14)

2.51 (1.37)

0.07

Stage, n (%)

 1

26 (19.85)

2 (4.26)

 

 2

19 (14.51)

11 (23.41)

 

 3

17 (12.98)

3 (6.38)

 

 4

69 (52.67)

31 (65.95)

0.02

Mean stage, n (SD)

2.98 (1.22)

3.34 (0.98)

0.07

  1. LDH lactate dehydrogenase, IPI international prognostic index