Table 1.
Patient characteristics. Data are shown for all patients. LC: light chain, HC: heavy chain. §indicates missing information for some patients.
| Parameter | Total |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 115 |
| Female | 75 |
|
| |
| Age | |
|
| |
| > 60 | 69 |
| ≤ 60 | 121 |
|
| |
| Karyotype | |
|
| |
| Normal | 83 |
| Complex | 15 |
| del13q14 | 46 |
| del17p13 | 12 |
| t (4; 14) | 9 |
| Not tested | 25 |
|
| |
| LC isotype | |
|
| |
| Light lambda | 62 |
| Light kappa | 100 |
|
| |
| HC isotype§ | |
|
| |
| IgG | 167 |
| IgA | 18 |
|
| |
| Maximum treatment | |
|
| |
| Untreated | 10 |
| Chemotherapy | 81 |
| autoSCT | 30 |
| alloSCT | 74 |
|
| |
| Stage∗,#,§ | |
|
| |
| I | 32 |
| II | 52 |
| III | 95 |
*One patient was found to bear a 13q14 and a 17p13 deletion.
#Stage according to the Salmon and Durie classification.