Table 1 |
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The demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants |
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Parameters |
Controls (n = 25) |
BL (n = 32) |
P valuea |
BL with abdominal (n = 16) |
BL with jaw (n = 14) |
P valuea |
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Mean age years [range]* |
7.6[5.5-10] |
7.5[5-11] |
n.s. |
9.2[6.3-11] |
5.6[3.8-6.50] |
0.0018 |
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Gender n (% male) |
16(64) |
21(66) |
n.s. |
11(79) |
9(56) |
n.s |
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Parasitemia n (% positive) |
17(68) |
4(13) |
< 0.0001 |
4(29) |
0(0) |
< 0.0001 |
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LDH (U/l) [SEM] ** |
467 (19.1) |
1378(165.1) |
< 0.0001 |
1716(236.2) |
994.6(231.3) |
< 0.0001 |
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EBV viral load (Log copies/ml)[SEM] |
.996 (0.36) |
3.552(0.26) |
< 0.0001 |
3.32(0.308) |
3.81(0.407) |
0.0483 |
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*Data are presented as medians (in brackets are the 25th and 75th percentiles). a Mann-Whitney test was used to determine differences in medians between controls and BL patients and between patients with jaw and abdominal tumors. n.s denotes non significant p values. Abbreviation: BL, Burkitt's Lymphoma; LDH, lactose dehydrogenase; SEM, standard error of mean. **n = 30 BL patients |
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Asito et al. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:13 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-5-13 |
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