Table 1 Baseline demographics of DLBCL patients and prevalence of comorbidities at diagnosis (SD – standard deviation; NA – not available).

From: Type 2 diabetes mellitus compromises the survival of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with (R)-CHOP – the PLRG report

  

Number of patients (frequency)

 

All patients

Patients with DM2

p

Patients with HF

p

Patients without analyzed comorbidities

p

Number of patients

469

76

46

373

Sex

  

0.45

 

1

 

0.91

Female

245 (52.2%)

43 (56.6%)

24 (52.2%)

194 (52%)

Male

224 (47.8%)

33 (43.4%)

22 (47.8%)

179 (48%)

Age

57 (18–86)

69 (47–86)

<0.0001

71 (33–85)

<0.0001

53 (18–86)

<0.0001

Rituximab

  

0.2

 

0.6

 

0.25

Yes

424 (90.4%)

72 (94.7%)

43 (93.5%)

334 (89.5%)

No

45 (9.6%)

4 (5.3%)

3 (6.5%)

39 (10.5%)

Stage

  

0.66

 

0.15

 

0.69

I

17 (3.6%)

4 (5.3%)

3 (6.5%)

13 (3.5%)

II

96 (20.5%)

16 (21%)

4 (8.7%)

79 (21.2%)

III

118 (25.1%)

20 (26.3%)

12 (26.1%)

93 (24.9%)

IV

238 (50.8%)

36 (47.4%)

27 (58.7%)

188 (50.4%)

General symptoms

  

0.42

 

0.25

 

1

Present

313 (66.7%)

47 (61.8%)

34 (73.9%)

249 (66.8%)

Absent

150 (32%)

27 (35.5%)

11 (23.9)

120 (32.2%)

Missing

6 (1.3%)

2 (2.6%)

1 (2.2%)

4 (1%)

IPI

  

0.088*

 

0.00005*

 

0.0024*

0

16 (3.4%)

2 (2.6%)

2 (4.3%)

14 (3.8%)

1

76 (16.2%)

9 (11.9%)

2 (4.3%)

66 (17.7%)

2

115 (24.5%)

17 (22.4%)

4 (8.7%)

97 (26%)

3

126 (26.9%)

20 (26.3%)

14 (30.4%)

100 (26.8%)

4

75 (16.0%)

20 (26.3%)

17 (37%)

47 (12.6)

5

8 (1.7%)

2 (2.6%)

2 (4.3%)

6 (1.6%)

Missing

53 (11.3%)

6 (7.9%)

5 (11%)

43 (11.5)

Median

3

3

3

2

Mean ± SD

2.5 ± 1.2

2.8 ± 1.2

3.2 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.1

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

76 (16.2%)

26 (56.5%)

<0.0001

0 (0%)

<0.0001

Pre-existing heart failure

46 (9.8%)

26 (34.2%)

<0.0001

0 (0%)

<0.0001

Lipid abnormalities

69 (14.7%)

21 (27.6%)

0.0011

15 (32.6%)

0.0013

43 (11.5%)

0.00028

Obesity

88 (18.8%)

21 (27.6%)

0.034

10 (21.7%)

0.56

62 (16.6%)

0.018

Smoking

88 (18.8%)

14 (18.4%)

1

8 (17.4%)

1

70 (18.8%)

0.88

Arterial hypertension

176 (37.5%)

59 (77.6%)

<0.0001

18 (39.1%)

<0.0001

105 (28.2%)

<0.0001

Nephropathy

NA

 

 

NA

Present

15 (20%)

5 (11%)

Absent

53 (70%)

17 (37%)

Missing

8 (11%)

24 (52%)

  1. *IPI was compared 0–2 vs 3–5.