Table 1. Patients' characteristics.

		Number of patients
age	< 65	23
	> 65	22
sex	Male	29
	Female	16
ISS staging	I	6
	II	15
	III	13
	Unknown	11
Durie & Salmon staging	IA	1
	IIIA	31
	IIIB	12
	Unknown	1
Immunoglobulin subtypes	IgG	15
	IgA	14
	IgM	1
	Light chains	11
	Unknown	4

This table displays data on patients whose naive bone marrow plasma samples were utilized for CCL27 Elisa. Data refers to the date of diagnosis.