Table 3.

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 terms of intervascular distance (μm)

		Day of reading
Day of implantation		8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
8	A-MM	17 ± 3	17 ± 4	15 ± 2	13 ± 3	10 ± 4*
	NA-MM	18 ± 4	18 ± 5	16 ± 4	15 ± 3	14 ± 3
	MGUS	16 ± 4	16 ± 5	15 ± 4	14 ± 3	14 ± 4
9	A-MM		16 ± 3	14 ± 4	12 ± 3	11 ± 2	10 ± 3*
	NA-MM		15 ± 3	14 ± 3	14 ± 4	13 ± 2	13 ± 4
	MGUS		16 ± 5	15 ± 4	15 ± 4	14 ± 3	14 ± 2
10	A-MM			15 ± 4	13 ± 2	11 ± 2	11 ± 3	9 ± 2*
	NA-MM			14 ± 3	14 ± 4	13 ± 3	13 ± 3	12 ± 2
	MGUS			15 ± 4	15 ± 5	16 ± 4	15 ± 3	14 ± 2
11	A-MM				14 ± 4	14 ± 5	13 ± 4	13 ± 5	13 ± 4
	NA-MM				15 ± 3	14 ± 5	14 ± 4	13 ± 3	13 ± 4
	MGUS				16 ± 4	15 ± 5	15 ± 4	14 ± 3	14 ± 4
12	A-MM					14 ± 4	14 ± 5	14 ± 5	13 ± 5	13 ± 5
	NA-MM					15 ± 5	14 ± 6	14 ± 4	14 ± 4	14 ± 5
	MGUS					16 ± 4	15 ± 4	15 ± 5	15 ± 5	15 ± 4

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