Table 1 Gender distribution of the etiology of patients [cases (%)]
From: Epidemiological investigation of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in China
Underlying disease | Male | Female | χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Genetic | 78 (60.94) | 50 (39.06) | 3.243 | 0.072 |
EBV | 350 (55.03) | 286 (44.97) | 1.281 | 0.258 |
Lymphoma | 115 (60.53) | 75 (39.47) | 4.519 | 0.034* |
Other infections | 75 (54.74) | 62 (45.26) | 0.117 | 0.732 |
Other tumors | 17 (60.71) | 11 (39.29) | 0.621 | 0.431 |
Rheumatic | 20 (25.64) | 58 (74.36) | 25.448 | < 0.001*** |
Other disease | 14 (43.75) | 18 (56.25) | 32.856 | < 0.001*** |
Unknown | 102 (47.22) | 114 (52.78) | 3.840 | 0.050 |