Table 2: Epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestation, HScore, underlying disorders and mortality of each etiological subgroup of Hemophagocytic Syndrome during the admission.

 

Total

AI

HM

Inf.

MST

HPS without defined etiology

 

n

30

10

12

2

1

5

p < 0.05

Age (x ± s)

55.5

± 18.3

40

26.5-56.3

68

57.5-73.8

45.5

30-61

78

71

53.5-73.5

0.006

Gender, man

14

46.70%

3

30%

9

75%

1

50%

1

0

0%

 

Gender, women

16

53.30%

7

70%

3

25%

1

50%

0

5

100%

0.013

Splenomegaly

16

53.30%

5

50%

8

66.70%

2

100%

0

1

20%

0.216

Hepatomegaly

10

33.30%

4

40%

4

33.30%

2

100%

0

0

0%

0.138

Global hospital stay

35.5

20-60.8

30.5

9.5-53.3

61.5

29.3-93.3

23

16-30

28

23

16.5-59

0.191

Hospital stay previous to the diagnosis and treatment initiation

16.5

8.5-29.8

10

5-16.5

26

Oct-39

14

17-Nov

13

36

11.5-50

0.191

ICU admission

7

23.30%

2

20%

4

33.30%

0

0%

0

1

20%

0.935

HScore

270.5

248.2-302.5

272

249-304*

277

261-311**

294

268-319α

229

246

240-251β

0.164

Mortality

13

43.30%

1

10%

8

66.70%

1

50%

0

3

60%

0.029

∞[Median; RIQ].
*One patient did not have a fibrinogen measurement and had 264 points on the HScore.
**Two patients had no fibrinogen measurement and had 210 and 272 points on the HScore. One patient did not have fibrinogen and ferritin measurements, and had 224 points on the HScore.
αOne patient did not have a fibrinogen measurement and had 268 points on the HScore.
βOne patient did not have fibrinogen measurement and had 127 points on the HScore, but presented hemophagocytic cells in the bone marrow biopsy.