Table 1 Patient’s characteristics.

From: Proposal for a Quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT Metabolic Parameter to Assess the Intensity of Bone Involvement in Multiple Myeloma

No. of patients

59

   female

28 (47.5%)

   male

31 (52.5%)

Age (y)

   Mean ± SD

64.2 ± 12.2

   Range

36.8–87.2

ISS

   I

13 (22.0%)

   II

8 (13.6%)

   III

38 (64.4%)

Anaemia (hemoglobin <10.0 g/dl)

32 (54.2%)

Plasma Cell (BM) >20%

37 (62.7%)

Hypercalcaemia

10 (16.9%)

Renal Insufficiency

21 (35.6%)

Soft tissue involvement

27 (45.8%)

Extramedullary disease

4 (6.8%)

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