Figure 2.

Mortality rates in the first 3 years of RRT in patients with multiple myeloma (MM+) and a matched control group (MM-). Error bars are 95% confidence intervals. Patients were matched by age, sex, race, ethnicity, and year of RRT inception. Matching occurred for 12,654 of 12,703 patients with multiple myeloma (99.6%). Subgroups are reported by year of RRT initiation (five 2-year periods), age (three levels), sex, and race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and other). AA, African American; RE, race/ethnicity.