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. 2020 Jan 9;10(1):2. doi: 10.1038/s41408-019-0267-8

Table 3.

Concordance of iFLC/niFLC.

(A) Comparison of Freelite thresholds for MM requiring treatment (iFLC/niFLC ratio ≥ 100) and high-risk SMM (iFLC/niFLC ratio > 20) with N Latex FLC and Sebia FLC.
iFLC/niFLC N Latex FLC Sebia FLC
Freelite <100 ≥100 <100 ≥100
<100 23 (56%) 1 (2%) 23 (55%) 1 (2%)
≥100 9 (21%) 9 (21%) 10 (24%) 8 (19%)
Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.49 Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.43
Freelite ≤20 >20 ≤20 >20
≤20 13 (31%) 0 (0%) 13 (31%) 0 (0%)
>20 9 (21%) 20 (48%) 7 (17%) 22 (52%)
Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.58 Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.66
(B) Use of assay-specific thresholds for MM requiring treatment (iFLC/niFLC ratio ≥ 100/ ≥ 50/ ≥ 20) and high-risk SMM (iFLC/niFLC ratio > 20/ > 8/ > 8).
iFLC/niFLC N Latex FLC Sebia FLC
Freelite <50 ≥50 ≤20 >20
<100 23 (55%) 1 (2%) 18 (43%) 6 (14%)
≥100 5 (12%) 13 (31%) 2 (5%) 16 (38%)
Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.70 Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.62
iFLC/niFLC N Latex FLC iFLC/niFLC Sebia FLC iFLC/niFLC
Freelite ≤8 >8 ≤8 >8
≤20 12 (29%) 1 (2%) 12 (29%) 1 (2%)
>20 2 (5%) 27 (64%) 2 (5%) 27 (64%)
Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.84 Cohens Kappa coefficient: 0.84