Table 1:

Principal characteristics of the 224 participants in the study.

	Mean ± SD or Median [IQR]		Minimum		Maximum		CI 95%		n
Age (years)	65.91±11.81		32		95		64.35-67.46		224
Male									122 (54.46%)
Female									102 (45.54%)
Total protein (N: 60-80 g/L)	81[33.25]		41		164		75.54-86.45		224
C-reactive protein CRP (N: 0-5 mg/L)	10.55[37.31]		0.13		530.49		7.21-13.80		224
Calcium (N: 84-102 mg/L)	91[15.25]		62		176		90.0-94.0		224
Creatinine (N:M:7.2-12.5mg/L; F: 5.7-11. 1mg/L)	M 11.29 [16.56]	F 8.55 [13.85]	M 3.45	F 5.01	M 252	F 231	M 7.61-14.97	F 8.00-9.46	224
Urea (N: 0.15-0.45 g/L)	0.41[0.605]		0.14		3.85		0.36-0.47		224
LDH (N: 125-243 U/L)	220.0[167.0]		52		3325		208.95-237.0		217
ß2 microglobulin (N: 0.97-2.64 mg/L)	5.78[8.79]		0.60		90.55		4.66-6.99		136
M protein Quantification (g/L)	19.35[29.7]		2.6		100		14.95-23.90		124
κ/λ Ratio	1.94[11.46]		0.0		580		1.45-2.83		105

CI 95%: 95% confidence interval; F: female; IQR: interquartile range; M: male; SD: standard deviation, n: total count

The 95% CI represents the range within which we can be 95% confident that the true mean (for normally distributed data) or median (for non-normally distributed data) lies.