Table 1 Incorporation of EI-score gene expression information improves the performance of established risk classifiers in the MMRF CoMMpass dataset.

From: Redefining high risk multiple myeloma with an APOBEC/Inflammation-based classifier

Multivariate model

Cox Proportional Hazard Regression

ML Model ROC-AUC

n

Progression free survival (PFS)

Likeli-hood ratio

Wald test

Log rank test

Concor-dance index (Ci)

Random forest

gradient boosting

Negative binomial

total

events

(1) mSMARTcyto

10.47

11.02

11.04

0.54

0.48

0.52

0.52

817

391

mSMARTcyto + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

49.15

58.82

62.15

0.60

0.54

0.57

0.58

645

316

mSMARTcyto + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

24.19

24.64

24.87

0.58

0.55

0.56

0.57

645

316

mSMARTcyto + APOBECs + Cytokines

56.46

60.62

62.24

0.63

0.6

0.6

0.61

645

316

(2) ISS

59.41

59.28

60.75

0.60

0.6

0.6

0.59

1113

573

ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

79.16

87.18

90.55

0.63

0.62

0.63

0.63

746

375

ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

52.04

51.97

52.98

0.62

0.61

0.62

0.61

746

375

ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

96.22

103.5

107.7

0.65

0.62

0.65

0.65

746

375

(3) R-ISS

36.92

36.91

37.05

0.60

0.55

0.55

0.54

690

319

R-ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

71.75

79.01

83.4

0.65

0.6

0.61

0.6

536

254

R-ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

52.84

52.14

53.06

0.65

0.56

0.59

0.6

536

254

R-ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

90.28

96.5

102.4

0.68

0.61

0.62

0.63

536

254

(4) R-ISS-nocyto

38.58

38

38.46

0.60

0.58

0.59

0.59

526

292

R-ISS-nocyto + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

77.63

85.04

90.72

0.66

0.65

0.67

0.67

419

223

R-ISS-nocyto + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

56.02

54.22

55.46

0.66

0.62

0.65

0.66

419

223

R-ISS-nocyto + APOBECs + Cytokines

92.5

97.33

104.8

0.69

0.66

0.69

0.68

419

223

(5) R2-ISS

38.17

39.37

39.83

0.61

0.57

0.65

0.64

694

318

R2-ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

77.12

85.83

90.16

0.65

0.67

0.69

0.69

543

255

R2-ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

54.51

54.64

55.87

0.64

0.63

0.7

0.69

543

255

R2-ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

94.25

100.2

106.5

0.68

0.68

0.72

0.73

543

255

(6) blood parameters (Ăź2M, LDH)

38.6

43.57

44.36

0.62

0.61

0.6

0.6

872

420

ß2M + LDH + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

97.3

103

108.4

0.67

0.63

0.65

0.66

599

285

ß2M + LDH + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

70.43

69.52

71.11

0.66

0.63

0.64

0.65

599

285

ß2M/LDH + APOBECs + Cytokines (EI-score)

114.4

120.1

126.4

0.69

0.65

0.67

0.66

599

285

7) gene expression only:

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

45.01

53.23

55.81

0.58

0.56

0.56

0.54

767

390

IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

18.86

19.19

19.43

0.57

0.53

0.55

0.55

767

390

APOBECs + Cytokines

63.51

71.75

74.84

0.62

0.6

0.6

0.6

767

390

Overall survival (OS)

Likeli-hood ratio

Wald test

Log rank test

Concor-dance index (Ci)

Random forest

gradient boosting

Negative binomial

total

events

(1) mSMARTcyto

18.46

20.22

20.35

0.58

0.52

0.55

0.56

817

173

mSMARTcyto + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

47.67

53.18

56.15

0.66

0.63

0.64

0.64

645

141

mSMARTcyto + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

52.42

51.74

54.5

0.66

0.6

0.63

0.65

645

141

mSMARTcyto + APOBECs + Cytokines

82.76

82.65

88.22

0.71

0.66

0.69

0.69

645

141

(2) ISS

75.21

71.09

76.12

0.66

0.54

0.65

0.63

1113

266

ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

92.07

94.68

102

0.72

0.65

0.7

0.7

746

172

ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

77.62

74.89

79.61

0.69

0.63

0.69

0.69

746

172

ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

121.5

125.2

132.8

0.74

0.68

0.73

0.73

746

172

(3) R-ISS

39.14

39.11

39.23

0.64

0.55

0.61

0.6

690

142

R-ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

64.36

65.24

69.48

0.71

0.62

0.67

0.68

536

116

R-ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

62.57

60.36

64.59

0.70

0.6

0.68

0.67

536

116

R-ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

93.43

90.28

99.19

0.74

0.66

0.71

0.7

536

116

(4) R-ISS-nocyto

33.15

32.43

32.63

0.64

0.52

0.63

0.61

526

127

R-ISS-nocyto + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

55.98

58.99

62.18

0.72

0.65

0.69

0.68

419

105

R-ISS-nocyto + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

57.76

55.47

59.1

0.71

0.65

0.7

0.7

419

105

R-ISS-nocyto + APOBECs + Cytokines

83.75

83.38

89.97

0.74

0.68

0.73

0.73

419

105

(5) R2-ISS

47.16

48.76

49.99

0.67

0.57

0.65

0.64

694

142

R2-ISS + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

72.25

75.82

80.15

0.72

0.67

0.69

0.69

543

116

R2-ISS + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

67.04

65.98

69.72

0.71

0.63

0.7

0.69

543

116

R2-ISS + APOBECs + Cytokines

96.89

97.7

104.5

0.74

0.68

0.72

0.73

543

116

(6) blood parameters (Ăź2M, LDH)

58.47

54.58

58.09

0.67

0.64

0.67

0.66

872

184

ß2M + LDH + APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

92.73

93.2

102.6

0.74

0.69

0.72

0.72

599

127

ß2M + LDH + IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

81.34

78.4

83.48

0.73

0.67

0.72

0.7

599

127

ß2M/LDH + APOBECs + Cytokines (EI-score)

119.3

119.1

130.9

0.76

0.72

0.74

0.75

599

127

(7) gene expression only:

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

APOBEC2, APOBEC3B

48.03

53.18

57

0.64

0.54

0.61

0.61

767

178

IL11, TGFB1, TGFB3

35.03

36.34

37.99

0.63

0.55

0.61

0.59

767

178

APOBECs + Cytokines

85.14

87.42

93.32

0.69

0.64

0.67

0.67

767

178

  1. The bold values highlight the performance metrics achieved by our developed EI-score.