Table 4. Patient characteristics in the... | American Society of Hematology

Table 4.

Patient characteristics in the two NS grading systems

Clinical feature	BNLI grading		New GHSG grading
	NS1 (n = 674)	NS2 (n = 174)	NS-LR (n = 420)	NS-HR (n = 423)
	%	%	%	%
Age, y
Younger than 20	12	9	12	11
20-29	40	39	38	43
30-39	25	24	28	22
40-49	11	17	12	12
50-59	8	7	7	8
60 and older	3	5	3	4
Sex
Male	47	49	45	49
Female	53	51	55	51
Stage
I	8	11	11	7
II	49	47	47	50
III	28	27	29	28
IV	14	16	13	15
B symptoms	42	49	41	45
Mediastinal^4-150	23	30	22	27
Extranodal^4-151	23	29	23	26
High ESR^‡	53	58	51	58
Low hemoglobin value^4-153, g/dL	13	27	15	15
IPS²⁹
0	23	17	25	19
1	36	32	36	34
2	23	25	22	25
3	12	16	11	14
4	4	9	5	5
5	1	2	1	2
6	0	1	0	0
CR	90	80	92	84
PR	4	2	3	3
PRO	6	18	4	12
Relapse	21	29	17	28

Clinical feature	BNLI grading		New GHSG grading
	NS1 (n = 674)	NS2 (n = 174)	NS-LR (n = 420)	NS-HR (n = 423)
	%	%	%	%
Age, y
Younger than 20	12	9	12	11
20-29	40	39	38	43
30-39	25	24	28	22
40-49	11	17	12	12
50-59	8	7	7	8
60 and older	3	5	3	4
Sex
Male	47	49	45	49
Female	53	51	55	51
Stage
I	8	11	11	7
II	49	47	47	50
III	28	27	29	28
IV	14	16	13	15
B symptoms	42	49	41	45
Mediastinal^4-150	23	30	22	27
Extranodal^4-151	23	29	23	26
High ESR^‡	53	58	51	58
Low hemoglobin value^4-153, g/dL	13	27	15	15
IPS²⁹
0	23	17	25	19
1	36	32	36	34
2	23	25	22	25
3	12	16	11	14
4	4	9	5	5
5	1	2	1	2
6	0	1	0	0
CR	90	80	92	84
PR	4	2	3	3
PRO	6	18	4	12
Relapse	21	29	17	28

% indicates column percentage; CR, complete remission; PR, partial remission; PRO, progressive disease.

Large mediastinal tumor greater than or equal to one third of maximal transversal thoracic diameter (measured in a sagittal x-ray film).

Extranodal involvement.

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate 50 mm/h or higher without B symptoms or 30 mm/h or higher with B symptoms.

Hemoglobin 12 g/dL or less for men and 10.5 g/dL or less for women.