Endemic Kaposi sarcoma in HIV-negative children and adolescents: an evaluation of overlapping and distinct clinical features in comparison with HIV-related disease

Table 3 Comparison of Clinical Features Among Endemic HIV-Negative Pediatric KS Cohorts in Africa

Location(s)	Time Period	n	Age of Cohort	% Male Gender	Original Clinical Presentation with KS Involvement of:
Location(s)	Time Period	n	Age of Cohort	% Male Gender	Lymph Node	Skin Lesions	Woody Edema	Oral Lesions	Visceral Disease
Uganda/Tanzania ³	1957–65	51	median 10 years	76%	53%	53%	no mention	no mention	no mention
Uganda ⁴	1968–75	12	median 8 years	58%	83%	17%	no mention	8%	8%
Tanzania ⁶	1968–82	73	63% under 5 years	84%	48%	uncertain	no mention	1%	no mention
Kenya ⁷	1997–99	8	median 7 years	88%	75%	38%	uncertain	0	13%
Blantyre, Malawi ⁸	2002–14	20	median 4 years	80%	60%	40%	70%	10%	uncertain
Lilongwe, Malawi	2011–16	20	median 9 years	70%	50%	45%	40%	5%	0

Legend: KS Kaposi sarcoma, no mention = indicates that these data were not mentioned at all in the publication, uncertain = indicates that although the topic was mentioned in the publication, discrete numbers were not reported. Associated references are listed in superscript in the first column

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