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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hematol. 2014 Jan;89(1):62–67. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23587

Table 1. Patient Characteristics (n = 57).

Characteristic Value or Number of Patients %

Age, median (range), years 63 (36-78)

Male 31 54.4

Heavy Chain
 IgG 33 58.9
 IgA 15 26.3
 IgD 2 3.5
 IgM 1 1.8
 Light chain only 6 10.5

Light Chain, Lambda 18 31.6

International staging system
 I 13 22.8
 II 34 59.6
 III 7 12.3
 Missing 3 5.3

β2-microglobulin level, median (range), mg/L 3.2 (1.4-11.3)
Patients with β2-microglobulin > 5.5 mg/L 6 10.5
Creatinine level, median (range), mg/dL 1.0 (0.6-2.5)
Albumin level, median (range), g/dL 4.1 (3.1-4.8)

Cytogenetics
 Deletion 13q 17 29.8
 Deletion 17p 8 14
 t(4;14) 3 5.3
 t(11;14) 6 10.5
 High risk 11 19.3
 Missing, not done 7 12.3