Table 5:
Comparison of our dataset’s monoclonal protein isotype distribution with results from other studies.
| Our data (n=224) | Ouzzif et al [14] (n=261) | El Maataoui et al [17] (n=117) | Belouni et al [7] (n=2121) | Mseddi et al[8] (n=288) | Bergon et al [15] (n=537) | Decaux et al [12] (n=1051) | Tumimi et al [13] (n=416) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgG | 59.82 | 54.58 | 55.4 | 60.91 | 51,7 | 55.8 | 48,6 | 60 |
| IgA | 19.64 | 14.74 | 19.2 | 17.91 | 20,8 | 20.8 | 8,1 | 5.5 |
| IgM | 6.71 | 10.75 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 8,7 | 13.6 | 30,3 | 10 |
| IgD | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1.03 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| IgE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FLC (K or λ) | 11.6 | 0 | 17 | 10.46 | 13,6 | 6.4 | 3,7 | 24.3 |
| Biclonal | 2.23 | 2.79 | 2.4 | 2.82 | 2,1 | 3 | 9,3 | 0 |
| Tricolonal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |