Baseline Patient Characteistics by PB Status
| Patient Characteristic . | Non-PB . | PB . | P Value . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N . | % . | N . | % . | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 250 | 60.1 | 26 | 70.3 | .292 |
| Female | 166 | 39.9 | 11 | 29.7 | |
| Age (y) | |||||
| Range | 23-84 | 45-83 | |||
| Median | 63 | 65 | |||
| Stage | |||||
| I, II | 191 | 45.9 | 11 | 29.7 | .060 |
| III | 225 | 54.1 | 26 | 70.3 | |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | |||||
| <2 | 349 | 83.9 | 24 | 64.9 | .007 |
| 2-5 | 67 | 16.1 | 13 | 35.1 | |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | |||||
| <12 | 393 | 94.9 | 27 | 75.0 | .0002 |
| ≥12 | 21 | 5.1 | 9 | 25.0 | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | |||||
| <10 | 142 | 34.1 | 22 | 59.5 | .004 |
| ≥10 | 274 | 65.9 | 15 | 40.5 | |
| PCLI (%) | |||||
| <1 | 287 | 73.4 | 18 | 51.4 | .0099 |
| ≥1 | 104 | 26.6 | 17 | 48.6 | |
| Heavy and light chain | |||||
| Light chain only | 45 | 11.1 | 3 | 8.1 | .784 |
| Heavy chain | 348 | 86.7 | 31 | 91.2 | |
| Monoclonal isotypes | |||||
| IgG | 238 | 58.9 | 24 | 64.9 | .891 |
| IgA | 106 | 26.1 | 9 | 24.3 | |
| IgD | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IgM | 1 | ||||
| Monoclonal light chain (serum) | |||||
| κ | 228 | 64.4 | 22 | 64.7 | 1.0 |
| λ | 126 | 35.6 | 12 | 35.3 | |
| Monoclonal light chain (urine) | |||||
| κ | 194 | 64.1 | 18 | 69.2 | .674 |
| λ | 108 | 35.9 | 8 | 30.8 | |
| Bence Jones protein (g/24h) | |||||
| ≤1 | 114 | 49.3 | 14 | 66.7 | .173 |
| >1 | 115 | 50.7 | 7 | 33.3 | |
| Patient Characteristic . | Non-PB . | PB . | P Value . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N . | % . | N . | % . | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 250 | 60.1 | 26 | 70.3 | .292 |
| Female | 166 | 39.9 | 11 | 29.7 | |
| Age (y) | |||||
| Range | 23-84 | 45-83 | |||
| Median | 63 | 65 | |||
| Stage | |||||
| I, II | 191 | 45.9 | 11 | 29.7 | .060 |
| III | 225 | 54.1 | 26 | 70.3 | |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | |||||
| <2 | 349 | 83.9 | 24 | 64.9 | .007 |
| 2-5 | 67 | 16.1 | 13 | 35.1 | |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | |||||
| <12 | 393 | 94.9 | 27 | 75.0 | .0002 |
| ≥12 | 21 | 5.1 | 9 | 25.0 | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | |||||
| <10 | 142 | 34.1 | 22 | 59.5 | .004 |
| ≥10 | 274 | 65.9 | 15 | 40.5 | |
| PCLI (%) | |||||
| <1 | 287 | 73.4 | 18 | 51.4 | .0099 |
| ≥1 | 104 | 26.6 | 17 | 48.6 | |
| Heavy and light chain | |||||
| Light chain only | 45 | 11.1 | 3 | 8.1 | .784 |
| Heavy chain | 348 | 86.7 | 31 | 91.2 | |
| Monoclonal isotypes | |||||
| IgG | 238 | 58.9 | 24 | 64.9 | .891 |
| IgA | 106 | 26.1 | 9 | 24.3 | |
| IgD | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IgM | 1 | ||||
| Monoclonal light chain (serum) | |||||
| κ | 228 | 64.4 | 22 | 64.7 | 1.0 |
| λ | 126 | 35.6 | 12 | 35.3 | |
| Monoclonal light chain (urine) | |||||
| κ | 194 | 64.1 | 18 | 69.2 | .674 |
| λ | 108 | 35.9 | 8 | 30.8 | |
| Bence Jones protein (g/24h) | |||||
| ≤1 | 114 | 49.3 | 14 | 66.7 | .173 |
| >1 | 115 | 50.7 | 7 | 33.3 | |