Table 4 Patient characteristics in... | American Society of Hematology

Table 4

Patient characteristics in MGUS-L and non-GUS-L MM in the training set

Characteristics	MGUS-L, %	Non-MGUS-L, %	P
n	101	250	—
B2M ≥ 3.0 mg/L†	33	56	< .001
Cytogenetic abnormalities	17	42	< .001
Subgroups with poor prognosis*	22	43	.001
LDH ≥ upper limit of normal	12	26	.005
Plasma-cell aspirate > 30%	56	70	.018

Characteristics	MGUS-L, %	Non-MGUS-L, %	P
n	101	250	—
B2M ≥ 3.0 mg/L†	33	56	< .001
Cytogenetic abnormalities	17	42	< .001
Subgroups with poor prognosis*	22	43	.001
LDH ≥ upper limit of normal	12	26	.005
Plasma-cell aspirate > 30%	56	70	.018

Variables with P ≥ .02: age, race, sex, isotype, creatinine, hemoglobin level, MRI lesions, C-reactive protein, and albumin.

— indicates not applicable.

Proliferation/MMSET/MAF.

Conversion factor for SI units: multiply B2M values by 85 for conversion to nM.