Table 1.

HLH patient characteristics

Patient characteristicsHLH (n = 122)
Age at diagnosis, median (range), y 6.07 (0.04-18.50) 
Sex, n (%)  
 Male 62 (50.82) 
 Female 60 (49.18) 
Race/ethnicity, n (%)  
 Non-Hispanic white 24 (19.67) 
 Hispanic 52 (42.62) 
 Non-Hispanic black 19 (15.57) 
 Non-Hispanic Asian 6 (4.92) 
 Non-Hispanic other 2 (1.64) 
 Other 13 (9.84) 
 Unknown 7 (5.74) 
HLH genetic profile, n (%)  
 fHLH 19 (15.57) 
 PIDD 11 (9.02) 
 DIAP 8 (6.56) 
 PIDD/DIAP 3 (2.46) 
 Other candidate defects 5 (4.10) 
 No genetic explanation 76 (62.30) 
 No biallelic fHLH gene variants 63 (51.64) 
 One fHLH gene variant 6 (4.92) 
 Possible digenic fHLH variants 7 (5.74) 
HLH-related trigger, n (%)  
 Infection 44 (36.07) 
 Autoimmune 32 (26.23) 
 Malignancy 14 (11.48) 
 No associated trigger 32 (26.23) 
Therapeutic strategy, n (%)  
 Observation only 9 (7.38) 
 Biologics/steroids 18 (14.75) 
 Immunochemotherapy 54 (44.26) 
 HSCT 38 (31.15) 
 Unknown 3 (2.46) 
Alive at end of follow-up, n (%)  
 Yes 76 (62.30) 
 No 41 (33.61) 
 Unknown 5 (4.10) 
Patient characteristicsHLH (n = 122)
Age at diagnosis, median (range), y 6.07 (0.04-18.50) 
Sex, n (%)  
 Male 62 (50.82) 
 Female 60 (49.18) 
Race/ethnicity, n (%)  
 Non-Hispanic white 24 (19.67) 
 Hispanic 52 (42.62) 
 Non-Hispanic black 19 (15.57) 
 Non-Hispanic Asian 6 (4.92) 
 Non-Hispanic other 2 (1.64) 
 Other 13 (9.84) 
 Unknown 7 (5.74) 
HLH genetic profile, n (%)  
 fHLH 19 (15.57) 
 PIDD 11 (9.02) 
 DIAP 8 (6.56) 
 PIDD/DIAP 3 (2.46) 
 Other candidate defects 5 (4.10) 
 No genetic explanation 76 (62.30) 
 No biallelic fHLH gene variants 63 (51.64) 
 One fHLH gene variant 6 (4.92) 
 Possible digenic fHLH variants 7 (5.74) 
HLH-related trigger, n (%)  
 Infection 44 (36.07) 
 Autoimmune 32 (26.23) 
 Malignancy 14 (11.48) 
 No associated trigger 32 (26.23) 
Therapeutic strategy, n (%)  
 Observation only 9 (7.38) 
 Biologics/steroids 18 (14.75) 
 Immunochemotherapy 54 (44.26) 
 HSCT 38 (31.15) 
 Unknown 3 (2.46) 
Alive at end of follow-up, n (%)  
 Yes 76 (62.30) 
 No 41 (33.61) 
 Unknown 5 (4.10) 
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