Long-term follow-up in primary Sjögren’s syndrome reveals differences in clinical presentation between female and male patients

Table 4 Frequencies of subtypes of lymphoma in women and men with pSS

	Women n = 32% (frequency)	Men n = 7% (frequency)	p value^a
MALT lymphoma	56% (18/32)	57% (4/7)	1.00
DLBCL	16% (5/32)	0% (0/7)	0.56
Follicular lymphoma	6% (2/32)	14% (1/7)	–
Myeloma	3% (1/32)	0% (0/7)	–
CLL	3% (1/32)	0% (0/7)	–
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma	0% (0/32)	14% (1/7)	–
Other NHL	13% (4/32)	14% (1/7)	–
Hodgkin lymphoma	3% (1/32)	0% (0/7)	–

According to the WHO 2016 classification
^aCalculated when n ≥ 5 for either group
MALT mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, DLBCL diffuse large B cell lymphoma, CLL Chronic lymphatic leukemia, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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