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. 2024 Feb 3;14:2832. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-53385-6

Table 2.

Medians (IQRs) of the erythrocyte parameters in MM patients subdivided according to the monoclonal protein.

LCMM (n = 27) IgA MM (n = 56) IgG MM (n = 107) KWS p
Ht % 31.40 (11.70) 30.35 (8.42) 31.90 (8.80) 0.165 0.4285
Hb (g/dL) 10.50 (4.1) 9.95 (2.65) 10.30 (3.20) 3.122 0.2100
MCV (fL) 92.90 (10.6) 92.90 (8.22) 92.40 (9.20) 0.8236 0.6625
RDW % 14.40 (3.10) 16.00 (4.40)* 14.80 (3.10)# 9.911 0.0070

IQR interquartile range, MM multiple myeloma, LCMM light chain multiple myeloma, KWS Kruskal–Wallis statistic, Ht haematocrit, Hb hemoglobin, MCV mean cell volume, RDW red blood cells distribution width.

*p < 0.05 vs LCMM (Dunn’s multiple comparison test).

#p < 0.05 vs IgA MM (Dunn’s multiple comparison test).