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. 2008 Mar 25;111(10):4908–4915. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-138602

Table 4.

Comparison of FLC and paraprotein methods predicting ECOG overall objective response status*

FLC response No. of patients 2-month FLC response
2-month paraprotein response
P
Sensitivity % Specificity % Risk Sensitivity % Specificity % Risk
Overall population 181 69 73 0.30 34 98 0.48 <.001
Patients with iFLC more than 10 mg/dL 120 83 67 0.24 36 100 0.43 .001
Patients with abnormal rFLC and dFLC 5 mg/dL or more 139 77 69 0.26 34 100 0.45 <.001
*

Among patients with both paraprotein and FLC data after 2 months of therapy.

Risk comparison.