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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of HIV-HL patients

From: Outcome in patients with HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma treated with chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine in the combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) era: results of a multicenter study from China

Characteristic

Total (n = 19)/N(%)

Demographics

 

 Male, n

17(89.5)

 Age, years, mean (range)

43(22–74)

 ≤60

18(94.7)

HIV factors

 

 HIV-transmission category

 

  MSM (Men having sex with men)

10(52.6)

  Heterosexuals

9(47.4)

 Concomitant HIV and lymphoma diagnosis

7(36.8)

 HIV viral load, copies/mL, median (range)

50 (0–87,202)

 Undetectable patients

5(26.3)

 CD4 count, ×106 /L, median (range)

110(24–434)

  <50 × 106 /L

5(26.3)

  (50–200)×106 /L

8(42.1)

  >200 × 106 /L

6(31.6)

 CD4/CD8, below normal

12(63.2)

 Concurrent Epstein-Barr virus

12(63.2)

 Concurrent hepatitis B virus

1(5.3)

 ART

22(100)

  No ART at diagnosis

7(36.8)

  Previous ART resistance

12(63.2)

Lymphoma factors

 

  Lymphoma subtype

 

  Mixed cellularity

17(89.5)

  Lymphocyte predominant

2(10.5)

 ECOG PS > 1

5(26.3)

 Stage 3–4

19(100)

 Elevated LDH

8(42.1)

 aaIPI 2–3

14(73.7)

 CNS/leptomeningeal involvement

1(5.3)

 Bone marrow involvement

5(26.3)

 Bulky disease

5(26.3)

 B symptoms

16(84.2)

Treatment factors

 

 Chemotherapy regimen

 

  ABVD

19(100)

 CNS prophylaxis

1(5.3)

 ART use

19(100)

  Concurrent ART with chemotherapy

19(100)