Table 4 Follow-up of the patients.

From: Prognosis of young patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)

 

Entire cohort

 

Patients without immune-related conditions

 

Patients with immune-related conditions

 

P value

Characteristics

(N = 249)

 

(N = 114)

 

(N = 135)

  

Follow-up

2.9

0–18.8

1.8

0–18.8

4.2

0–18.6

*0.0332

Median, range (yr)

       

Endpoint (no.)

       

Any progression

16

 

10

 

6

  

Smoldering multiple myeloma

9

 

7

 

2

  

Multiple Myeloma

4

 

2

 

2

  

Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia

1

 

1

 

0

  

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

2

 

0

 

2

  

Mortality

36

 

11

 

25

  

Resolution of M protein

36

30.51%

10

20.00%

26

38.24%

*0.0335

(No., %)

       
  1. *P value < 0.05