Table 5. Correlation analysis of ADC, FF, and numbers of focal lesions against prognostic biomarkers in patients with a focal infiltration pattern.
| Clinical index | ADC | FF | Numbers of focal lesions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | r | P | |||
| HB | −0.062 | 0.737 | 0.079 | 0.668 | −0.008 | 0.966 | ||
| Calcium | 0.030 | 0.870 | 0.190 | 0.298 | −0.022 | 0.903 | ||
| Albumin | −0.008 | 0.967 | 0.346 | 0.052 | −0.001 | 0.997 | ||
| Creatinine | −0.265 | 0.142 | 0.153 | 0.405 | 0.371 | 0.036* | ||
| β2-MG | −0.477 | 0.006* | −0.160 | 0.382 | 0.309 | 0.086 | ||
| LDH | −0.209 | 0.252 | 0.104 | 0.571 | −0.112 | 0.541 | ||
| CRP | −0.422 | 0.016* | −0.100 | 0.584 | 0.152 | 0.408 | ||
| BMPCs | −0.270 | 0.136 | −0.113 | 0.538 | 0.349 | 0.050 | ||
| Serum monoclonal protein | −0.306 | 0.177 | −0.181 | 0.434 | 0.329 | 0.324 | ||
| Serum free light chain | −0.145 | 0.670 | 0.164 | 0.630 | 0.127 | 0.709 | ||
| FCM | −0.278 | 0.123 | 0.050 | 0.786 | 0.262 | 0.148 | ||
*, significant correlation (P<0.05). ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; FF, fat fraction; HB, hemoglobin; β2-MG, β2-microglobulin; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; CRP=C-reactive protein; BMPCs, bone marrow plasma cells; FCM, flow cytometry of bone marrow cells.