Table 3.
Patient demographic information and clinical characteristics.
| Characteristic | Values | |
| Age, mean (SD), range | 69.67 (6.54), 56-76 | |
| Time since multiple myeloma diagnosis (years), mean (SD), range | 10.89 (7.29), 2-23 | |
| Duration of treatment at HUMCa (years), mean (SD), range | 9.89 (7.46), 2-23 | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||
| Male | 5 (56) | |
| Female | 4 (44) | |
| Line of therapy, n (%) |
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Second | 3 (33) |
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Third | 6 (67) |
| ECOGb score at start of current therapyc, n |
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0 | 1 |
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1 | 6 |
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2 | 1 |
| Highest education, n (%) | ||
| Some high school, no diploma | 1 (11) | |
| High school graduate/GEDd | 4 (44) | |
| Some college | 1 (11) | |
| College graduate | 1 (11) | |
| Some postgraduate | 1 (11) | |
| Master's degree | 1 (11) | |
| Household incomec (US $), n (%) | ||
| 25,000-34,999 | 1 (11) | |
| 50,000-74,999 | 2 (22) | |
| 75,000-99,999 | 2 (22) | |
| 100,000-149,999 | 2 (22) | |
| 150,000 or more | 1 (11) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||
| Single | 3 (33) | |
| Married | 5 (56) | |
| Widowed | 1 (11) | |
aHackensack University Medical Center.
bECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
c1 patient declined to answer or data were unavailable.
dGED: General Educational Development.