Table 5. Characteristics of patients... | American Society of Hematology

Table 5.

Characteristics of patients with NHL in the pre- and post-HAART eras

	Pre-HAART 1986-95	Post-HAART 1996-99	χ²Pvalue
New cases NHL	99	51
Prior AIDS	57%	34%	.007
Stage I	31%	14%	.066^5-150
Stage II	6%	10%
Stage III	4%	8%
Stage IV	59%	68%
B symptoms	75%	85%	.180
Bone marrow involvement	19%	22%	.730
ECOG > 2	50%	42%	.278
CD4 < 100 cells/mm³	73%	37%	<.001
CD4 median (range) cells/mm³	38 (2-763)	130 (2-636)	.0021^5-151
Mean age at NHL (y)	37.9 (SD = 8.3)	43.9 (SD = 9.0)	.0001^5-152

	Pre-HAART 1986-95	Post-HAART 1996-99	χ²Pvalue
New cases NHL	99	51
Prior AIDS	57%	34%	.007
Stage I	31%	14%	.066^5-150
Stage II	6%	10%
Stage III	4%	8%
Stage IV	59%	68%
B symptoms	75%	85%	.180
Bone marrow involvement	19%	22%	.730
ECOG > 2	50%	42%	.278
CD4 < 100 cells/mm³	73%	37%	<.001
CD4 median (range) cells/mm³	38 (2-763)	130 (2-636)	.0021^5-151
Mean age at NHL (y)	37.9 (SD = 8.3)	43.9 (SD = 9.0)	.0001^5-152

Abbreviations explained in Table 3.

χ² for linear trend.

P value by Mann-Whitney U test of statistics.

P value by unpaired t test of statistics.