Research Article

Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Risk Factors for Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Development of Nomogram to Identify High-Risk Patients

Table 2

Risk factors for survival in patients with DLBCL.

VariablesUnivariate, valueMultivariate
HR95% value

Male0.0450.151
Age > 60<0.0012.0861.371–3.175<0.001
ECOG > 1<0.0012.6661.790–3.9700.001
With B symptom0.0010.656
Ann Arbor stage III-IV<0.0011.8571.035–3.3330.038
IPI > 2<0.001
Non-GCB (reference GCB)0.0420.393
Ki-67 > 90%0.251
Bulky disease0.148
BM involvement<0.0012.0241.413–2.898<0.001
CNS involvement0.0070.381
No. of extranodal sites > 10.0010.194
Evaluated LDH<0.0010.083
Evaluated D-dimer0.0630.873
Low LMR0.0011.6051.128–2.2830.015
Low ALB<0.0011.5481.088–2.2020.008
HbsAg positive0.808

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GCB, germinal center B-cell; CNS, central nervous system; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; LMR, lymphocyte-monocyte ratio; value was calculated by Cox regression, and is regarded significant.