Table 1.

Patient characteristics at diagnosis.

	N=100
Age at time of diagnosis (yrs) at time of death (yrs)	69 (38-88) 74 (39-90)
Sex ratio (male/female)	54/46
Presence of CRAB criteria for therapy initiation Calcium Renal Anemia Bone	27 28 45 77
Immunoglobulin subtype  A  G  D  M  Light chain only  Non secretory Light chain subtype Kappa Lambda Unavailable Non secretory	25 42 3 1 26 3 50 45 2 3