Table 2.

Grading of the response of CAM blood vessels to plasma cells from active MM (A-MM), non-active MM (NA-MM) and MGUS patients in terms of number of vessel bifurcations

		Day of reading
Day of implantation		8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
8	A-MM	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	4 ± 2	5 ± 2*
	NA-MM	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	3 ± 1
	MGUS	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
9	A-MM		1 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 2	4 ± 2	5 ± 3*
	NA-MM		1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	3 ± 1
	MGUS		1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
10	A-MM			2 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	4 ± 2	6 ± 2*
	NA-MM			1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	3 ± 1
	MGUS			1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
11	A-MM				1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
	NA-MM				1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
	MGUS				1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1
12	A-MM					2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
	NA-MM					1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1
	MGUS					1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1

^*P < 0.001 vs. NA-MM and MGUS.