Table 3

Immunophenotype outliers with benign diagnosis and negative for lymphoma on follow-up: demographics and related markers

Kappa:lambda ratio >3:1 or <1:1NM:FAgeK:L (LG)K:L (LCG)CD10 (LG)CD10 (LCG)
 Lymphocyte K:L <1:1
 Gate K:L >3:1
52:338.6
(3–63)
0.7 (0.4–0.9)
3.1
1 (0.3–1) No data36 (9-71)†43 (16–64)
 Large cell K:L <1:1
 Gate K:L >3:1
177:925.1
(3–76)
1.1 (0.4–1.5)
1.6 (1.5–2.3)
0.9 (0.3–0.9)
3.8 (3.1–5.5)
11 (0–50)36 (5–86)
CD10/19 outliers*NM:FAgeK:L (LG)K:L (LCG)CD10 (LG)CD10 (LCG)
 Lymphocyte gate53:239.6
(3–68)
1.8 (1.5–3.1)1.4 (1.3–2.6)74 (69–90)84 (84–94)
 Large cell gate54:129.5
(5–68)
1.6 (1.0–1.7)1.4 (1–2.6)60 (14–69)94 (88–97)
CD5/19 outliers*NM:FAgeK:L (LG)K:L (LCG)CD5 (LG)CD5 (LCG)
 Lymphocyte gate54:113†
(2–42)
1.5 (1.2–1.8)1.1 (0.9–1.2)41 (40–57)40 (27-65)†
 Large cell gate53:231.4
(2–70)
1.2 (1.1–1.4)1.2 (1.1–1.4)31 (0–57)65 (57–100)
CD4:CD8 >10:1/<1:1NM:FAgeCD4:CD8CD7 lossCD56+CD3+CD57+CD3+
 CD4:CD8 <1:1
 (lowest 10)
107:331
(3–68)
0.7 (0.3–0.9)−1.5 (−13 to 29)0 (0–7)1 (0–25)
 CD4:CD8 >10:1
 (top 10)
105:530.5
(2–74)
17.1 (14.6–36)0 (−4 to 12)0 (0–0)3 (1–7)
CD7 loss outliers*NM:FAgeCD4:CD8CD7 lossCD56+CD3+CD57+CD3+
104:636.5
(5–68)
3.5 (0.7–6.8)28 (16–80)0.5 (0–4)4 (1–16)
  • *Outlier defined as greater than 1.5 times the IQR above the third quartile. One overlapping case between kappa:lambda and CD10, one between kappa:lambda and CD5, one between kappa:lambda LG and LCG.

  • †Significant difference compared with all non-outliers, p<0.01 (Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test).

  • K:L, kappa:lambda; LCG, large cell gate; LG, lymphocyte gate; M:F, male-to-female ratio; N, sample size.