Table 3 Clinical features of patients in different groups (EBER cut-off: 20%).
Variable | Number. (%) | All age | P value | Elderly group | P value | Young group | P value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EBV+ | EBV− | EBV+ | EBV− | EBV+ | EBV− | |||||
Number. (%) | Number. (%) | Number. (%) | ||||||||
CRP | 117 | 20 | 97 | Â | 14 | 62 | Â | 6 | 35 | Â |
Over ULN | 57 (48.7) | 15 (75.0) | 42 (43.3) | 0.010 | 10 (71.4) | 28 (45.2) | 0.076 | 5 (83.3) | 14 (40.0) | 0.080 |
Normal | 60 (51.3) | 5 (25.0) | 55 (56.7) | Â | 4 (28.6) | 34 (54.8) | Â | 1 (16.7) | 21 (60.0) | Â |
β2MG | 134 | 22 | 109 |  | 14 | 72 |  | 8 | 40 |  |
Over ULN | 59 (44.0) | 16 () | 43 (72.7) | 0.003 | 10 (71.4) | 33 (45.8) | 0.080 | 6 (75.0) | 10 (25.0) | 0.012 |
Normal | 75 (56.0) | 6 () | 69 (27.3) | Â | 4 (28.6) | 39 (54.2) | Â | 2 (25.0) | 30 (75.0) | Â |
TK1 | 92 | 15 | 77 | Â | 9 | 52 | Â | 6 | 25 | Â |
Over ULN | 28 (30.4) | 4 (26.7) | 24 (31.2) | 1.000 | 2 (22.2) | 15 (28.8) | 1.000 | 2 (33.3) | 9 (36.0) | 1.000 |
Normal | 64 (69.6) | 11 (73.3) | 53 (68.8) | Â | 7 (77.8) | 37 (71.2) | Â | 4 (66.7) | 16 (64.0) | Â |
CA125 | 108 | 18 | 90 | Â | 13 | 58 | Â | 5 | 32 | Â |
Over ULN | 42 (38.9) | 13 (72.2) | 29 (32.2) | 0.001 | 8 (61.5) | 17 (29.3) | 0.051 | 5 (100.0) | 12 (37.5) | 0.014 |
Normal | 66 (61.1) | 5 (27.8) | 61 (67.8) | Â | 5 (38.5) | 41 (70.7) | Â | 0 (0.0) | 20 (62.5) | Â |
ESR | 163 | 22 | 141 | Â | 14 | 88 | Â | 8 | 53 | Â |
Over ULN | 49 (30.1) | 19 (86.4) | 30 (21.3) | <0.001 | 13 (92.9) | 20 (22.7) | <0.001 | 6 (75.0) | 10 (18.9) | 0.003 |
Normal | 114 (69.9) | 3 (13.6) | 111 (78.7) | Â | 1 (7.1) | 68 (77.3) | Â | 2 (25.0) | 43 (81.1) | Â |
Ferritin | 152 | 24 | 128 | Â | 18 | 82 | Â | 6 | 46 | Â |
Over ULN | 52 (34.2) | 15 (62.5) | 37 (28.9) | 0.001 | 10 (55.6) | 24 (29.3) | 0.033 | 5 (83.3) | 13 (28.3) | 0.015 |
Normal | 100 (65.8) | 9 (37.5) | 91 (71.1) | Â | 8 (44.4) | 58 (70.7) | Â | 1 (16.7) | 33 (71.7) | Â |
LDH | 250 | 34 | 216 | Â | 24 | 139 | Â | 10 | 77 | Â |
Over ULN | 114 (45.6) | 20 (58.8) | 94 (43.5) | 0.096 | 15 (62.5) | 59 (42.4) | 0.068 | 5 (50.0) | 35 (45.5) | 1.000 |
Normal | 136 (54.4) | 14 (41.2) | 122 (56.5) | Â | 9 (37.5) | 80 (57.6) | Â | 5 (50.0) | 42 (54.5) | Â |
CK | 149 | 24 | 125 | Â | 16 | 70 | Â | 8 | 55 | Â |
Complex | 5 (3.4) | 1 (4.2) | 4 (3.2) | 0.590 | 1 (6.2) | 2 (2.9) | 0.465 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.6) | 1.000 |
Normal | 144 (96.6) | 23 (95.8) | 121 (96.8) | Â | 15 (93.8) | 68 (97.1) | Â | 8 (100.0) | 53 (96.4) | Â |
BM | 150 | 25 | 125 | Â | 17 | 81 | Â | 8 | 44 | Â |
Positive | 17 (11.3) | 4 (16.0) | 13 (10.4) | 0.487 | 3 (17.6) | 8 (9.9) | 0.398 | 1 (12.5) | 5 (11.4) | 1.000 |
Negative | 133 (88.7) | 21 (84.0) | 112 (89.6) | Â | 14 (82.4) | 73 (90.1) | Â | 7 (87.5) | 39 (88.6) | Â |