Table 1. Summary of MM patients' data and cytogenetic features. P-value indicates the result of Fisher's exact test of independence between patient classes and sample distribution.
| Description | MyIX153 | NewMM96 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| M | 88 (57.5%) | 48 (50%) | 0.29 |
| F | 65 (42.5%) | 48 (50%) | |
| Age | |||
| ≤ 70 | 109 (71.2%) | 63 (65.5%) | 0.39 |
| > 70 | 44 (28.8%) | 33 (34.5%) | |
| del(13q) | |||
| + | 56 (36.6%) | 50 (52%) | 0.06 |
| - | 87 (56.9%) | 46 (48%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | - | |
| t(4;14) | |||
| + | 22 (14.4%) | 13 (13.5%) | 0.85 |
| - | 121 (79.1%) | 83 (86.5%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | - | |
| t(11;14) | 22 (14.4%) | 22 (22.9%) | 0.17 |
| + | 121 (79.1%) | 74 (77.1%) | |
| - | 10 | - | |
| n.d. | |||
| t(14;16) | |||
| + | 4 (2.6%) | 4 (4.2%) | 0.72 |
| - | 139 (90.8%) | 92 (95.8%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | - | |
| t(14;20) | |||
| + | 2 (1.3%) | 1 (1%) | 1 |
| - | 141 (92.2%) | 95 (99%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | - | |
| Hyperdiploidy | |||
| + | 83 (54.2%) | 32 (33.5%) | 0.003 |
| - | 60 (39.2%) | 54 (56%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | 10 | |
| 1q+ | |||
| + | 56 (36.6%) | 41 (42.7%) | 0.22 |
| - | 87 (56.9%) | 45 (46.9%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | 8 | |
| del(1p) | |||
| + | 25 (16.3%) | 6 (6%) | 0.1 |
| - | 118 (77.1%) | 67 (70%) | |
| n.d. | 10 | 22 |