Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 117 patients with AITL.

From: B2 microglobulin is a novel prognostic marker of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

Characteristic

Median

Rang

No.

%

Male sex

  

76/117

65.0

Age (year)

62

19–84

  

Age >60years

  

67/117

57.3

ECOG PS ≥2

  

19/117

16.2

Stages III or IV

  

110/113

97.3

Stage IV

  

65/113

57.5

Extranodal involvement

  

80/113

70.8

Extranodal sites >1

  

52/113

46.0

BM involvement

  

16/100

16.0

Liver involvement

  

15/113

13.3

Spleen involvement

  

51/113

45.1

B symptoms

  

78/117

66.7

Rash/Pruritus

  

35/117

29.9

Hemoglobin (g/L)

109

39–160

  

Anemia*

  

86/117

73.5

Platelet (x109/L)

172

11–466

  

<150 × 109/L

  

43/117

36.8

Lymphocyte (x109/L)

1.0

0.2–6.9

  

≤1.1 × 109/L

  

65/117

55.6

Eosinophil (x109/L)

0.16

0–2.34

  

≥0.5 × 109/L

  

22/117

18.8

Monocyte (x109/L)

0.62

0.02–2.4

  

≥0.6 × 109/L

  

59/117

50.4

LDH (U/L)

301

126–1020

  

LDH level ≥245 U/L

  

87/116

75.0

β2 microglobulin (mg/L)

4.38

1.22–14.87

  

β2 microglobulin level ≥4.0 mg/L

  

67/115

58.3

Serum albumin (g/L)

33.55

16.2–46.3

  

Serum albumin level ≤35 g/L

  

64/114

56.1

Serum globulin (g/L)

30.9

17.3–70

  

Serum globulin level ≥35 g/L

  

42/114

36.8

IPI score

Low risk

  

7/113

6.2

Low-intermediate risk

  

26/113

23.0

High-intermediate risk

  

44/113

38.9

High risk

  

36/113

31.9

PIT score

Group 1

  

8/100 8.0

 

Group 2

  

36/100 36.0

 

Group 3

  

42/100 42.0

 

Group 4

  

14/100 14.0

 

Pathological finding

EBER (+)

  

49/69

71.0

CXCL13 (+)

  

57/77

74.0

BCL-6 (+)

  

66/78

84.6

CD10 (+)

  

61/92

66.3

PD-1 (+)

  

28/29

96.6

  1. Abbreviations: BM, bone marrow; EBER, EBV-encoded early small RNA;ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; IPI, International Prognostic Index; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; PIT, Prognostic Index for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Unspecified.
  2. *The presence of anemia was defined as the value of hemoglobin level <130 g/L for men and 115 g/L for women because the lower limit of normal was 130 g/L for men and 115 g/L for women based on our examination.