Table 2 Studying the effect of CD38 expression % on mature B-cell lymphoma patients regarding demographic, hematological, and clinical characteristics:

From: Illuminating the impact of CD38-induced adenosine formation in B-cell lymphoma

Mature B-cell lymphoma

CD38 Negative

CD38 Positive

P-value

No. = 42

No. = 48

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

56.5 ± 8.9

54.7 ± 18.8

0.563•

Range

40–69

23–80

Sex

Females

12 (28.6%)

13 (27.1%)

0.875*

Males

30 (71.4%)

35 (72.9%)

Category/diagnosis

CLL

32 (76.2%)

16 (33.3%)

0.000*

B-NHL

10 (23.8%)

32 (66.7%)

WBC (x103/ul)

Median (IQR)

59 (27.3–117)

50 (15.8–70)

0.138‡

Range

9.3–531

3.01–428

LYMPH (x103/ul)

Median (IQR)

48 (20–97)

38.5 (14–61)

0.156‡

Range

6–480

2–360

HB (g/dl)

Mean ± SD

10.23 ± 2.91

9.26 ± 2.26

0.078•

Range

4.2 – 16.1

4.6 – 14

PLT (x103/ul)

Median (IQR)

157 (90–233)

98.5 (50–146)

0.003‡

Range

16–402

10–576

BM.LYM (%)

Mean ± SD

76.14 ± 18.16

72.98 ± 20.46

0.443•

Range

21 – 98

10 – 97

P53 mutation

Negative

Positive

8 (72.7%)

3 (27.3%)

7 (53.8%)

6 (46.2%)

0.341*

sPD-L1 (ng/L)

Median (IQR)

116.7 (68.25–240)

232.35 (153.75–452.75)

0.000‡

Range

21.51–1427

100.9–1600

sPD-1 (ng/L)

Median (IQR)

97.74 (47–135)

217.5 (156–661)

0.000‡

Range

19.38–680

110–1300

sADO (ng/ml)

Median (IQR)

530 (343–614)

835.5 (723–1332)

0.000‡

Range

73–777

553–1700

Risk stratification

Low

13 (31.0%)

9 (18.8%)

0.095*

Intermediate

18 (42.9%)

16 (33.3%)

High

11 (26.2%)

23 (47.9%)

  1. P > 0.05: non-significant (NS); P < 0.05: significant (S); P < 0.01: highly significant (HS).
  2. ‡: Mann-Whitney test; •: Independent t-test; *: Chi-square test.