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Table 1 Patient clinical baseline characteristics

From: The potential value of ultrasound in predicting local refractory/relapse events in primary thyroid lymphoma patients

 

Total

N = 37

Non-relapsed / refractory patients

N = 30

Relapsed/refractory patients

N = 7

P value

Male / n (%)

9 (24.3%)

8 (26.7%)

1 (14.3%)

0.652

Age / year, median (range)

61 (33–84)

61 (33–84)

57 (47–83)

0.885

Pathological subtype

    

DLBCL / n

26

20

6

0.161

FL / n

2

1

1

MALT / n

9

9

0

IPI low-risk

/ n (%)

20 (54.1%)

18 (60.0%)

2 (28.6%)

0.212

Presence of trachea compression symptom / n (%)

22(59.5%)

18 (60.0%)

4 (57.1%)

1.000

Presence of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis / n (%)

19 (51.4%)

14 (46.7%)

5 (71.4%)

0.405

Elevated LDH / n (%)

22 (59.5%)

18 (60.0%)

4 (57.1%)

1.000

Ki67 index>30% / n (%)

29 (78.4%)

22 (73.3%)

7 (100%)

0.308

Follow-up / month, median (range)

25 (8-180)

25 (8-151)

37 (8-180)

0.690

  1. DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, FL: follicular lymphoma, MALT: mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, IPI: international prognostic index, LDH: lactatedehydrogenase