Table 1 Demographic and laboratory characteristics of the study population at diagnosis (n = 930)

From: Natural history of multiple myeloma with de novo del(17p)

Characteristic

Del(17p) (n = 310)

All control patients (n = 620)

High-risk translocation (n = 79)

Standard-risk (n = 541)

P a

Age at diagnosis, median (range)

64.1 (33.8–90.9)

64.2 (35.2–91.0)

60.4 (37.1–81.2)

64.8 (35.2–91.0)

0.787; 0.060

Age ≥65 years, n (%)

147 (47.4)

296 (47.7)

29 (36.7)

267 (49.3)

0.945; 0.108

Female gender, n (%)

122 (39.3)

242 (39.0)

41 (51.9)

201 (37.1)

0.924; 0.044

Time period of diagnosis of MM

2004–2008

34 (11.0)

71 (11.4)

11 (13.9)

60 (11.1)

0.536; 0.950

2008–2012

139 (44.8)

282 (45.5)

29 (36.7)

253 (46.8)

 

2013–2016

137 (44.2)

267 (43.1)

39 (49.4)

228 (42.1)

 

Hemoglobin, g/L, median (range), (n = 907)

10.7(4.7–16.8)

11.2 (5.8–16)

10.6 (5.8–14.7)

11.2 (5.9–16.0)

0.015; 0.005

Calcium, mg/dL, median (range), (n = 849)

9.7 (7.7–16.8)

9.6 (7.1–17.1)

9.4 (7.7–16.6)

9.6 (7.1–17.1)

0.089; 0.268

Creatinine >2 mg/dL, n(%), (n = 883)

52 (18.4)

82 (13.8)

14 (18.7)

68 (12.9)

0.071; 0.121

Bone disease at diagnosis, n (%)

243 (78.4)

474 (76.4)

48 (60.8)

426 (78.4)

0.562; 0.003

Lytic lesions, n (%)

205 (66.1)

419 (67.6)

45 (57.0)

374 (69.1)

0.658; 0.092

Pathological fractures, n (%)

50 (16.1)

104 (16.8)

6 (7.6)

98 (18.1)

0.852; 0.050

Vertebral compression fractures, n (%)

108 (34.8)

403 (65.0)

18 (22.8)

199 (36.8)

1.0; 0.048

Bone marrow PC percentage, median (range), (n = 920)

50 (2–100)

50 (2–100)

50 (10–100)

46 (2–100)

0.033; 0.013

High PC proliferative rate, n (%) (n = 504)

42 (30.0)

59 (16.1)

7 (16.3)

52 (16.1)

<0.001; 0.003

M-protein level, g/dL, median (range), (n = 876)

2.3 (0–8.2)

2.6 (0–10)

3.7 (0–9)

2.5 (0–10)

0.154; <0.001

M-protein isotype, n (%)

IgG

176 (56.8)

367 (59.2)

46 (58.2)

321 (59.3)

 

IgA

64 (20.7)

136 (22.0)

27 (34.2)

109 (20.1)

0.605; 0.031

Light chain only

60 (19.3)

100 (16.1)

5 (6.3)

95 (17.6)

 

Others

10 (3.2)

17 (2.7)

1 (1.3)

16 (3.0)

 

Difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain, mg/dL, median (range), (n = 780)

61.3 (0–2589.0)

46.2 (0–6620)

40.53 (0.4–1999.7)

46.9 (0–6620)

0.126; 0.212

Risk stratification, n (%)

ISS I/II (n = 541)

154 (62.3)

387 (69.2)

44 (63.8)

343 (70.0)

0.061; 0.092

ISS III (n = 265)

93 (36.7)

172 (30.8)

25 (36.2)

147 (30.0)

 

Elevated LDH, (n = 671)

49 (23.8)

66 (14.2)

7 (13.0)

59 (14.4)

0.004; 0.012

  1. ISS indicates international staging system
  2. MM multiple myeloma, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, and PC plasma cell
  3. ap-value for Fischer’s exact test or the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U or Kruskall Wallis tests as appropriate. The first value represents comparison between the de novo del(17p) and all controls and the second value represents comparison across de novo del(17p), high-risk translocation and standard-risk groups
  4. The values given in bold represent P-values <0.05, which are considered statistically significant