Table 2:
Baseline characteristics of population
| Characteristic | n=859 |
|---|---|
| Age (median [IQR]) | 68.53 [58.76, 74.68] |
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| Gender, M (%) | 822 (95.7) |
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| Race (%) | |
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| White | 495 (57.6) |
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| Black or African American | 239 (27.8) |
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| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 5 ( 0.6) |
|
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| Asian | 4 ( 0.5) |
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| Unknown | 116 (13.5) |
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| Annotated as having diagnosis of multiple myeloma (%) | 702 (81.7) |
| Annotated as initiating treatment in VA (%) | |
|
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| Yes | 500 (58.2) |
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| No | 191 (22.2) |
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| Not multiple myeloma | 157 (18.3) |
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| Cannot tell | 7 ( 0.8) |
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| Info not explicit in notes | 4 ( 0.5) |
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| Year of initial treatment (%) | |
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| ≤ 2006 | 149 (17.3) |
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| 2007–2014 | 163 (19.0) |
| 2015–2021 | 188 (21.9) |
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| Not initially treated in VA, not true myeloma, or date not recorded | 359 (41.8) |