Table 2.

Correlations between chromosomal abnormalities and immunoglobulin types and light-chain subtypes in patients with multiple myeloma

Chromosomal abnormalitiesOverall MM
(n = 669)
(%)
IgG MM
(n = 399)
(%)
IgA MM
(n = 175)
BJ MM
(n = 95)
Kappa MM
(n = 455)
(%)
Lambda MM
(n = 214)
No. (%)P*No. (%)P*No. (%)P
14q32 rearrangements 477/653 (73) 269/393 (68) 133/170 (78) .024 75/90 (83) .007 325/450 (72) 152/203 (75) NS (.49) 
 t(11;14) 105/669 (16) 58/399 (15) 18/175 (10) NS 29/95 (31) < .0005 65/455 (14) 40/214 (19) NS (.1)  
 t(4;14) 68/669 (10) 30/399 (8) 34/175 (19) < .0001 4/95 (4) NS 49/455 (11) 19/214 (9) NS (.69) 
del(13) 290/669 (43) 159/399 (40) 85/175 (49) NS 46/95 (48) NS 181/455 (40) 109/214 (51) .026 
Chromosomal abnormalitiesOverall MM
(n = 669)
(%)
IgG MM
(n = 399)
(%)
IgA MM
(n = 175)
BJ MM
(n = 95)
Kappa MM
(n = 455)
(%)
Lambda MM
(n = 214)
No. (%)P*No. (%)P*No. (%)P
14q32 rearrangements 477/653 (73) 269/393 (68) 133/170 (78) .024 75/90 (83) .007 325/450 (72) 152/203 (75) NS (.49) 
 t(11;14) 105/669 (16) 58/399 (15) 18/175 (10) NS 29/95 (31) < .0005 65/455 (14) 40/214 (19) NS (.1)  
 t(4;14) 68/669 (10) 30/399 (8) 34/175 (19) < .0001 4/95 (4) NS 49/455 (11) 19/214 (9) NS (.69) 
del(13) 290/669 (43) 159/399 (40) 85/175 (49) NS 46/95 (48) NS 181/455 (40) 109/214 (51) .026 

BJ indicates Bence Jones only. See Table 1 for other abbreviations.

*

These P values are for difference with IgG MM.

These P values are for difference with Kappa MM.

Patients with monosomy 14 were considered noninformative for this item and were excluded from analysis.

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