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. 2012 Oct 15;22(3):352–362. doi: 10.11613/bm.2012.037

Table 5.

Total number of samples with individual (monoclonal, biclonal or polyclonal) immunoglobulins and median concentration of relevant immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA); number of samples according to the lipemia index.

Variable N Median (g/L) N
RXL Max
N
Vista

4 5 6 4 5 6 7 8
IgM + kappa 67 14.80 (9.41–22.83)2 33 7 - 20 4 3 - -
IgG + kappa 50 19.0 (13.7–32.5)3 24 4 - 12 3 3 2 2
IgM + lambda 29 25.00 (12.30–32.10)2 10 2 - 11 4 - 1 1
IgG + lambda 14 16.1 (11.5–23.8)3 6 - 1 7 - - - -
polyclonal Ig1 26 26.6 (18.5–30.5)4 13 - - 12 1 - - -
biclonal Ig1 15 20.6 (16.7–34.3)5
17.60 (7.68–22.90)6
8 - - 3 3 - - 1
IgA + lambda 1 48.917 1 - - - - - -
1

Ig – immunoglobulins.

2

Median and interquartile range for IgM immunoglobulin of the monoclonal peak.

3

Median and interquartile range for IgG immunoglobulin of the monoclonal peak.

4

Median and interquartile range for IgG immunoglobulin of the polyclonal peak.

5

Median and interquartile range for IgG immunoglobulin of the biclonal peak.

6

Median and interquartile range for IgM immunoglobulin of the biclonal peak.

7

Concentration of the paraprotein.