Table 3 Organ disease characteristics by race/ethnicity.

From: Race/ethnicity in systemic AL amyloidosis: perspectives on disease and outcome disparities

 

NHW

NHB

Hispanic

NHO

P value

Organ involvement, n (%)

 Heart (N = 1963)

1010 (62%)

124 (69%)

56 (67%)

29 (54%)

0.122

 Kidney (N = 2121)

1397 (78%)

134 (72%)

61 (72%)

37 (69%)

0.068

 Liver (N = 1846)

422 (27%)

57 (32%)

21 (27%)

13 (25%)

0.508

 Nervous systema (N = 1806)

566 (38%)

51 (30%)

28 (35%)

13 (27%)

0.097

Organ biomarkers

BNP (N = 1338), pg/mL (IQR)

424 (206–881)

480 (207–863)

1041 (429–1758)

221 (107–510)

0.001

BNP > 700 pg/mL, n (%)

212 (33%)

27 (33%)

22 (61%)

4 (17%)

0.002

 BU cardiac stageb (N = 1158), n (%)

 Stage I

267 (29%)

30 (26%)

18 (30%)

21 (45%)

 

 Stage II

400 (43%)

48 (41%)

18 (30%)

21 (45%)

 

 Stage III

126 (14%)

19 (16%)

8 (13%)

3 (6%)

 

 Stage IIIb

141 (15%)

20 (17%)

16 (27%)

2 (4%)

0.033

 Pairwise comparison, P

Ref.

0.718

0.080

0.024

 

 Proteinuria (N = 2221), g/24 h (IQR)

1195 (105–6027)

1164 (183–4447)

486 (93–4592)

781 (103–5628)

0.059

 eGFR (N = 2088), mL/min per 1.73 m2 (IQR)

68 (39–91)

73 (35–106)

64 (21–89)

90 (59–102)

<0.001

 Renal stage (N = 1932), n (%)

 Stage I

787 (48%)

77 (52%)

33 (45%)

31 (57%)

 

 Stage II

653 (39%)

61 (42%)

34 (47%)

18 (33%)

 

 Stage III

218 (13%)

9 (6%)

6 (8%)

5 (9%)

0.113

 Alkaline phosphatase (N = 2077), IU/L (IQR)

92 (71–135)

103 (71–152)

98 (76–180)

100 (74–149)

0.841

Diagnostic and referral intervals

Time from first reported sign/symptom to diagnosis in months (N = 1933), median (IQR)

6.8 (2.3–13.5)

6.2 (1.7–12.7)

4.1 (1.5–9.9)

5.2 (2.0–12.8)

0.333

Time from diagnosis to initial visit at the referral center in months, median (IQR)

2.5 (1.4–6.0)

2.9 (1.4–6.4)

2.0 (1.1–4.1)

3.6 (1.6–9.7)

0.603

  1. Laboratory measurements during initial evaluation is presented here as medians with IQRs.
  2. BNP brain natriuretic peptide, BU Boston University, Ref. reference group, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate by CKD-EPI equation, IQR interquartile range.
  3. aDenotes autonomic and/or peripheral nervous system.
  4. bBNP and troponin-I were unavailable before the mid-2000s.