Table 1.
Summary for comparison of diagnostic accuracies between the two free light chain assays in patients with multiple myeloma and acute kidney injury
|
Siemens |
% misclassified by Siemens Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
|
LCMM |
Freelite |
Yes |
7 |
1 |
12.5% |
| |
No |
0 |
0 |
||
|
IIMM |
|
Yes |
17 |
4 |
19% |
| No | 0 | 0 | |||
The table above shows the number of patients that tested positive or negative with the Freelite and Siemens FLC assays. The Siemens FLC assay misclassified 5/28 patients with monoclonal FLC >500 mg/L. LCMM – light chain multiple myeloma, IIMM – intact immunoglobulin multiple myeloma.