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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of studied MNH patients with KS, non-KS tumors and reactive lesions in association with HIV serostatus

From: Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) sero-detection and HIV association in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), non-KS tumors and non-neoplastic conditions

Histological diagnosis

Age characteristics (years)

Age-group (years)

Sex

HIV serostatus

Overall cohort(Years)

  

Adults (≥15)

Children (<15)

Male

Female

Positive

Negative

 

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) [120 cases]

Mean age

35.8

na*

36.6

32.7

35.5

37.2

35.6

 

Age-Range

17–70

na*

12–70

17–65

12–70

19–65

12–70

Total (%)

 

119 (99.2)

1 (0.8)

88 (73.3)

32 (26.7)

93 (77.5)

27 (22.5)

120 (100.0)

Non-KS malignancies [24 cases]

Mean age

36.5

8.5

31.1

22.4

na *

29.6

29.2

 

Age-Range

15–63

5–14

5–63

7–27

na *

5–63

5–63

Total (%)

 

18 (75.0)

6 (25.0)

18 (75.0)

6 (25.0)

1 (4.2)

23 (95.8)

24 (100.0)

Non-malignant cases [40 cases]

Mean age

34.9

8.0

37.5

26.1

31.8

31.2

31.6

 

Age-Range

18–52

2–11

9–52

2–47

2–52

9–44

2–52

Total (%)

 

36 (90.0)

4 (10.0)

21 (52.5)

19 (47.59

28 (70.0)

12 (30.0)

40 (100.0)

Grand total (%)

 

173 (94.0)

11 (6.0)

127 (69.0)

57 (31.0)

122 (66.3)

62 (33.7)

184 (100.0)

  1. Key: na = not applicable, * = only one case available.