Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory data in patients with multiple myeloma with and without 13q14 deletion

Variable*13q14 Deleted (n = 46) Normal 13q14 (n = 51) P Value
Age, y  65.3 65.2  .95  
Sex, % male/% female  35.6/64.4 35.8/64.2  .97  
Stage of MM at diagnosis, % of patients  
 I or II  27.1  49.1  
 III  72.9 50.9  .022  
Paraprotein, % of patients  
 IgA 22.9  27.3  
 Non-IgA  77.1  72.7  .62 
Percentage of bone marrow plasma cells  37  29  .085 
Intermediate and high-grade morphologic features, % of patients 29.6  15.7  .10  
Creatinine (μmol/L)  136  111 .18  
Hemoglobin (g/L)  104  113  .10  
Platelets (×109/L)  183  204  .26 
β2-Microglobulin (mg/L)  6.7  3.6  .059 
C-reactive protein (mg/L)  30  16  .27  
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)  203  181  .27  
Deletion of 17p13, % of patients  38.6  11.5  .002  
Ki-67, % of positive cells 22.0  15.6  .0008  
Response to induction chemotherapy, % of patients 40.8  78.6  .009 
Variable*13q14 Deleted (n = 46) Normal 13q14 (n = 51) P Value
Age, y  65.3 65.2  .95  
Sex, % male/% female  35.6/64.4 35.8/64.2  .97  
Stage of MM at diagnosis, % of patients  
 I or II  27.1  49.1  
 III  72.9 50.9  .022  
Paraprotein, % of patients  
 IgA 22.9  27.3  
 Non-IgA  77.1  72.7  .62 
Percentage of bone marrow plasma cells  37  29  .085 
Intermediate and high-grade morphologic features, % of patients 29.6  15.7  .10  
Creatinine (μmol/L)  136  111 .18  
Hemoglobin (g/L)  104  113  .10  
Platelets (×109/L)  183  204  .26 
β2-Microglobulin (mg/L)  6.7  3.6  .059 
C-reactive protein (mg/L)  30  16  .27  
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)  203  181  .27  
Deletion of 17p13, % of patients  38.6  11.5  .002  
Ki-67, % of positive cells 22.0  15.6  .0008  
Response to induction chemotherapy, % of patients 40.8  78.6  .009 
*

Median values are given for quantitative variables.

Determined in 74 patients.

Conventional dose chemotherapy, applicable to 81 patients.

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