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. 2015 Sep 15;27(5):1555–1565. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2015020185

Table 3.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of LCPT

Characteristic All Patients (n=46) Crystalline (n=40) Noncrystalline (n=6)
Age, yra 62.5 (60) 61.4 (59) 74.5 (72)
(Range) (39–87) (39–87) (61–87)
Male (%) 63 68 33
White (%) 85 83 100
Serum monoclonal spike 32/45 (71%) 27/39 (69%) 5/6 (83%)
Urine monoclonal spike 31/33 (94%) 29/30 (97%) 2/3 (66%)
Positive FLC 10/11 (91%) 8/9 (89%) 2/2 (100%)
Hematologic diagnoses
 MM 15 10 5
 Smoldering myeloma 7 6 1
 MGRS 21 21 0
 Other diagnosesb 3 3 0
FS 17/43 (40%) 17/38 (43.4%) 0/5 (0%)
SCr, mg/dla 2.38 (2.0) 2.4 (2.1) 2.4 (1.0)
eGFR by CKD-EPI, ml/min per 1.73 m2a 38.3 (36.4) 35.3 (34.6) 53.8 (60.5)
eGFR<60, ml/min per 1.73 m2 38/46 (83%) 35/40 (88%) 3/6 (50%)
AKI 10/46 (22%) 8/40 (20%) 2/6 (33%)
Proteinuria, g/24 ha 3.07 (2.51) 2.97 (2.45) 4.4 (4.2)
 <1 6 4 2
 1–3 23 23 0
 >3 17 13 4
Serum albumin, g/dlc 4.0±0.1 4.0±0.1 4.1±0.2

CKD-EPI, Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2009 formula28; FLC, free light chain assay; SCr, serum creatinine.

a

Values are mean (median).

b

Other diagnoses: non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n=2) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (n=1).

c

Mean±SEM.