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Table 4 Comparison of patients with and without adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract

From: Clinical characteristics of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract

Characteristics

Infiltration groupa

Non-infiltration groupb

P-value

n = 12

n = 28

Age, median (range) (years)

69 (61–82)

66.5 (40–84)

0.585c

Gender, n (%)/n (%) (male/female)

5 (41.7%) /7 (58.3%)

18 (64.3%) /10 (35.7%)

0.185d

Digestive symptoms,

n (%)/n (%) (+/−)

6 (50.0%) /6 (50.0%)

5 (17.9%) /23 (82.1%)

0.037d

Clinical subtypes of ATLL,

n (%)/n (%)/n (%)/n (%)

(acute/lymphoma/chronic/smoldering)

9 (75.0%) /3 (25.0%)

/0 (0%) /0 (0%)

14 (50.0%) /3 (10.7%)

/5 (17.8%) /6 (21.4%)

0.080d

Superficial lymphadenopathy,

n (%)/n (%) (+/−)

7 (58.3%) /5 (41.7%)

19 (67.9%) /9 (32.1%)

0.563d

Hepatosplenomegaly,

n (%)/n (%) (+/−)

6 (50.0%) /6 (50.0%)

11 (39.3%) /17 (60.7%)

0.530d

Skin lesions, n (%)/n (%) (+/−)

4 (33.3%) /8 (66.7%)

22 (78.6%) /6 (21.4%)

0.006d

Opportunistic infections,

n (%)/n (%) (+/−)

4 (33.3%) /8 (66.7%)

11 (39.3%) /17 (60.7%)

0.722d

  1. aGroup of ATLL patients with infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract
  2. bGroup of ATLL patients without infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract
  3. c Wilcoxon (Mann-Whitney) test
  4. d Chi-squared test
  5. ATLL Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma