Research Article

Benefits of Dynamic Nomogram Models for Elderly Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients’ Early Death Prediction and Clinical Application

Table 2

Rate of early death in older patients with DLBCL.

VariableOverallNo early deathTotal early deathCancer-specific early death

15242965855844680

Sex (%)Male7485 (49.1)4724 (48.9)2761 (49.4)2263 (48.4)
Female7757 (50.9)4934 (51.1)2823 (50.6)2417 (51.6)

Race (%)White13122 (86.1)8320 (86.1)4802 (86.0)4016 (85.8)
Black658 (4.3)406 (4.2)252 (4.5)217 (4.6)
AI/AN75 (0.5)54 (0.6)21 (0.4)19 (0.4)
API1387 (9.1)878 (9.1)509 (9.1)428 (9.1)

Marital status (%)Married8139 (53.4)5423 (56.2)2716 (48.6)2266 (48.4)
Unmarried7103 (46.6)4235 (43.8)2868 (51.4)2414 (51.6)

Median household income (%)<$40,000540 (3.5)329 (3.4)211 (3.8)174 (3.7)
$40,000–$54,9992892 (19.0)1800 (18.6)1092 (19.6)906 (19.4)
$55,000–$69,9995950 (39.0)3714 (38.5)2236 (40.0)1892 (40.4)
>$70,0005860 (38.4)3815 (39.5)2045 (36.6)1708 (36.5)

Tumor site (%)Nodal9784 (64.2)6224 (64.4)3560 (63.8)3018 (64.5)
Extranodal5458 (35.8)3434 (35.6)2024 (36.2)1662 (35.5)

Ann Arbor stage (%)I3829 (25.1)2663 (27.6)1166 (20.9)925 (19.8)
II2710 (17.8)1824 (18.9)886 (15.9)739 (15.8)
III2572 (16.9)1703 (17.6)869 (15.6)733 (15.7)
IV5282 (34.7)2951 (30.6)2331 (41.7)2018 (43.1)
Unknown849 (5.6)517 (5.4)332 (5.9)265 (5.7)

Surgery (%)No11027 (72.3)6735 (69.7)4292 (76.9)3621 (77.4)
Yes4215 (27.7)2923 (30.3)1292 (23.1)1059 (22.6)

Radiation (%)No/unknown12838 (84.2)7677 (79.5)5161 (92.4)4314 (92.2)
Yes2404 (15.8)1981 (20.5)423 (7.6)366 (7.8)

Chemotherapy (%)No/unknown5466 (35.9)2013 (20.8)3453 (61.8)2868 (61.3)
Yes9776 (64.1)7645 (79.2)2131 (38.2)1812 (38.7)