Table 1.

Baseline differences between patients with and without evidence of cardiac involvement in the derivation cohort

Absence of cardiac involvement (n = 133)Presence of cardiac involvement (n = 116)P
Number (%)Median (25%-75%)Number (%)Median (25%-75%)
General characteristics      
 Male sex 68 (51)  68 (59)  .2 
 Age  65 (59-71)  65 (60-70) .051 
 BMI, kg/m2  28.0 (22.3.6-32.6)  26.3 (23.5-29.8) .03 
Amyloidosis involvement      
 Chain type, κ/λ* 44/88  15/101  <.001 
 Peripheral nervous system involvement 8 (6)  15 (13)  .048 
 Autonomic nervous system involvement 11 (8)  26 (22)  .001 
 Kidney involvement 86 (64)  74 (63)  .9 
Medical history      
 Atrial fibrillation 15 (11)  21 (18)  .1 
 Hypertension 73 (54)  38 (32)  <.001 
 Diabetes 12 (9)  12 (10)  .7 
 Coronary artery disease 10 (9)  16 (14)  .1 
 Stroke 2 (2)  8 (7)  .03 
Functional status      
 NYHA class     <.001 
 I 111 (83)  53 (46)   
 II 18 (14)  43 (37)   
 III 4 (3)  20 (17)   
Laboratory studies      
 FLC-diff  13.4 (5.1-34.9)  28.4 (6.3-93.8) .008 
 BNP, pg/mL  54 (26-103)  181 (94-529) <.001 
 NT-proBNP, pg/mL  181 (74-604)  1313 (451-4193) <.001 
 Troponin I, ng/mL  0.006 (0.006-0.015)  0.041 (0.012-0.116) <.001 
 eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2  69 (37-86)  60 (38-81) .3 
Transthoracic echocardiography      
 IVSd, mm  9 (8-10)  12 (11-14) <.001 
 Ejection fraction, %  65 (60-69)  60 (50-65) .003 
Absence of cardiac involvement (n = 133)Presence of cardiac involvement (n = 116)P
Number (%)Median (25%-75%)Number (%)Median (25%-75%)
General characteristics      
 Male sex 68 (51)  68 (59)  .2 
 Age  65 (59-71)  65 (60-70) .051 
 BMI, kg/m2  28.0 (22.3.6-32.6)  26.3 (23.5-29.8) .03 
Amyloidosis involvement      
 Chain type, κ/λ* 44/88  15/101  <.001 
 Peripheral nervous system involvement 8 (6)  15 (13)  .048 
 Autonomic nervous system involvement 11 (8)  26 (22)  .001 
 Kidney involvement 86 (64)  74 (63)  .9 
Medical history      
 Atrial fibrillation 15 (11)  21 (18)  .1 
 Hypertension 73 (54)  38 (32)  <.001 
 Diabetes 12 (9)  12 (10)  .7 
 Coronary artery disease 10 (9)  16 (14)  .1 
 Stroke 2 (2)  8 (7)  .03 
Functional status      
 NYHA class     <.001 
 I 111 (83)  53 (46)   
 II 18 (14)  43 (37)   
 III 4 (3)  20 (17)   
Laboratory studies      
 FLC-diff  13.4 (5.1-34.9)  28.4 (6.3-93.8) .008 
 BNP, pg/mL  54 (26-103)  181 (94-529) <.001 
 NT-proBNP, pg/mL  181 (74-604)  1313 (451-4193) <.001 
 Troponin I, ng/mL  0.006 (0.006-0.015)  0.041 (0.012-0.116) <.001 
 eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2  69 (37-86)  60 (38-81) .3 
Transthoracic echocardiography      
 IVSd, mm  9 (8-10)  12 (11-14) <.001 
 Ejection fraction, %  65 (60-69)  60 (50-65) .003 
*

One patient did not have light chain typing performed.

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