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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2010 May 15;375(9727):1721–1728. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60482-5

Table 3.

Risk of progression to multiple myeloma and related disorders among Olmsted County, Minnesota residents with light chain-monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (LC-MGUS), conventional MGUS, and no MGUS

Number of progressors/Person-years [Progression rate per 100-years (95%CI)]
Abnormal FLC with elevated light chain FLC ratio abnormal but no high component FLC ratio normal Total
No conventional MGUS 3/1,110* [0.27 (0.06, 0.79)*] 1/2,290 [0.04 (0, 0.24)] 13/147,620 [0.01 (0.01, 0.02)] 17/151,020 [0.01 (0.01, 0.02)]
MGUS (detected in original study) 2 20/850 [2.36 (1.44, 3.65)] 4/250 [1.59 (0.43, 4.07) ] 17/3,080 [0.55 (0.32, 0.89)] 41/4,170 [0.98 (0.71, 1.33)]
MGUS (newly detected in current study) 3/240 [1.27 (0.26, 3.7) ] 1/120 [0.87 (0.02, 4.84)] NA [NA] 4/350 [1.14 (0.31, 2.91)]
Total 26/2,190 [1.19 (0.77, 1.74)] 6/2,660 [0.23 (0.08, 0.49)] 30/150,690 [0.02 (0.01, 0.03)] 62/155,540 [0.04 (0.03, 0.05)]
*

Light chain MGUS population

Conventional MGUS, increased risk as defined as abnormal FLC-R

Conventional MGUS, low risk as defined as normal FLC-R

NA, not applicable