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Table 4 Patients’ response to treatment

From: The role of CD68+ macrophage in classical Hodgkin lymphoma patients from Egypt

 

Response

P value*

Non-Responding (20) (SD,PD)

Responding (61) (CR,PR)

Age

  < 40 (39)

5(25.0%)

34(55.7%)

0.017a

  ≥ 40 (42)

15(75.0%)

27(44.3%)

Gender

 Male (51)

11(55.0%)

40(65.6%)

0.40 a

 Female (30)

9(45.0%)

21(34.4%)

B-symptoms

 Negative (59)

15(75.0%)

44(72.1%)

0.80 a

 Positive (22)

5(25.0%)

17(27.9%)

Bulky disease

 Negative (66)

16(80.0%)

50(82.0%)

0.84 a

 Positive (15)

4(20.0%)

11(18.0%)

IPS

 Low risk (62)

15(75.0%)

47(77.0%)

0.85 a

 High risk (19)

5(25.0%)

14(23.0%)

Stage

 Early (33)

4(20.0%)

29(47.5%)

0.03a

 Advanced (48)

16(80.0%)

32(52.5%)

CD20-IHC

 Negative (13)

7(35.0%)

6(9.8%)

 

 Low-expression (30)

12(60.0)

18(29.5%)

< 0.001b

 Moderate-expression (17)

1(5.0%)

16(26.2%)

 

 High-expression (21)

0(0.0%)

21(34.4%)

 

CD68-mRNA

 Negative (38)

2(10.0%)

36(59.0)

< 0.001a

 Positive (43)

18(90.0%)

25(41.0)

CD68-IHC

 Negative (24)

1(5.0%)

23(37.7%)

< 0.001b

 Low-expression (15)

0(0.0%)

15(24.6%)

 Moderate-expression (15)

3(15.0%)

12(19.7%)

 High-expression (27)

16(80.0%)

11(18.0%)

CD68 cell count

  < 20 cells

3(15.0%)

39(63.9%)

< 0.001a

  ≥ 20 cells

17(85.0%)

22(36.1%)

 
  1. aFischer exact test was used, bChi-square test was used, *Significant at p < 0.05PD: progressive disease, SD Stable disease, CR Complete remission, PR Partial Remission