Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the entire cohort.

From: Impact of the time interval between end of induction and autologous hematopoietic transplantation in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma

 

Less or equal to 33 days (N = 534)

More than 33 days (N = 521)

Total (N = 1055)

p-value

Age

   

0.029

Mean

61.1

60

60.6

 

Median

62.2

60.9

61.4

 

Range

23.9–75.8

28.7–76.9

23.9–76.9

 

Race

   

0.737

Black

8 (1.5%)

12 (2.3%)

20 (1.9%)

 

Other

19 (3.6%)

22 (4.2%)

41 (3.9%)

 

Unknown

8 (1.5%)

8 (1.5%)

16 (1.5%)

 

White

499 (93.4%)

479 (91.9%)

978 (92.7%)

 

High-risk FISH

   

0.029

No

289 (61.0%)

310 (67.8%)

599 (64.3%)

 

Yes

185 (39.0%)

147 (32.2%)

332 (35.7%)

 

Mobilization method

   

0.205

G-CSF

223 (41.8%)

238 (45.9%)

461 (43.8%)

 

Plerixafor added

308 (57.7%)

280 (54.1%)

588 (55.9%)

 

Conditioning regimen

   

0.002

Full (Mel 200 mg/m2)

470 (88.0%)

423 (81.2%)

893 (84.6%)

 

Reduced (Mel 140 mg/m2)

49 (9.2%)

63 (12.1%)

112 (10.6%)

 

Other

15 (2.8%)

35 (6.7%)

50 (4.7%)

 

Biochemical response at induction

   

0.043

CR

96 (18.0%)

91 (17.5%)

187 (17.7%)

 

VGPR

215 (40.3%)

180 (34.5%)

395 (37.5%)

 

PR

200 (37.5%)

211 (40.5%)

411 (39.0%)

 

Stable disease

22 (4.1%)

39 (7.5%)

61 (5.8%)

 
  1. FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization, G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, Mel Melphalan.