Table 3 Survival rates of multiple myeloma patients with and without fractures by time points.

From: Fractures incidence and its association on mortality in multiple myeloma patients: a nationwide cohort study (CAREMM-2105 study)

Type of fracture

Survival rates (95% CI)

P

At 2 years

At 4 years

At 6 years

Any fracture

 < 0.001

 Fx + 

80.9 (77.3–84.5)

51.1 (46.3–56.3)

31.4 (26.6–36.9)

 

 Fx-

85.2 (82.9–87.5)

59.0 (55.7–62.6)

42.3 (38.7–46.4)

 

Vertebral fracture

 < 0.001

 Fx + 

82.5 (78.8–86.5)

51.7 (46.4–57.6)

32.6 (27.3–38.9)

 

 Fx-

83.7 (81.1–86.4)

60.8 (57.1–64.8)

46.1 (42.0–50.6)

 

Hip fracture

 < 0.001

 Fx + 

65.5 (50.3–85.3)

28.5 (15.5–52.4)

19.0 (8.3–43.6)*

 

 Fx-

79.6 (69.5–91.1)

52.0 (39.7–68.2)

37.6 (25.3–55.9)

 

Upper limb fracture

0.002

 Fx + 

71.3 (60.0–84.8)

43.5 (31.1–60.7)

22.6 (12.0–42.6)

 

 Fx-

89.7 (84.2–95.7)

65.2 (56.1–75.7)

45.5 (35.6–58.0)

 
  1. P P-value; Survival rates are presented as % (95% CI); The p-value represents the Log rank test result; *Survival rates at 5 years.
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