HLH patient characteristics
Patient characteristics . | HLH (n = 122) . |
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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 characteristics . | HLH (n = 122) . |
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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) |