Table 1.
Characteristics | Number of patients (%) |
---|---|
Age (year) | 61 (45–72) |
Sex | |
Male | 34 (57) |
Female | 26 (43) |
Durie Salmon | |
I | 11 (18) |
II | 16 (27) |
III | 33 (55) |
Race | |
White | 39 (65) |
African American | 12 (20) |
Other | 9 (15) |
Ig Subtype | |
Non-secretory | 2 (3) |
Light chain only | 4 (7) |
IgG | 38 (63) |
IgA | 15 (25) |
IgD | 1 (2) |
Light Chain | |
Lambda | 25 (42) |
Kappa | 35 (58) |
Disease status | |
First remission | 41 (68) |
Refractory/relapsed | 19 (32) |
Cytogenetics | |
Normal | 45 (75) |
Abnormal | 15 (25) |
Interval between diagnosis and transplant (months) | 7 (2–88) |
BM plasmacytosis (% of cells) | 8.5 (0–95) |
β2 microglobulin level | |
>3.5 mg/L | 23 (38) |
<3.5 mg/L | 37 (62) |
Median LDH | |
<618 IU/L | 38 (63) |
>618 IU/L | 22 (37) |
Serum creatinine (μmol/L) | 80 (53–124) |
Serum albumin | |
>35 g/L | 51 (85) |
<35 g/L | 9 (15) |
Transplant within 12 months | 38 (63) |
At least a PR before transplant | 41 (68) |
Abbreviation: PR = partial response.