Research Article

Genome-Wide Screening of Cytogenetic Abnormalities in Multiple Myeloma Patients Using Array-CGH Technique: A Czech Multicenter Experience

Table 1

Patients’ baseline characteristics.

Sex
 Males41
 Females50
Age median
 (at the time of therapy, years); range69 (38–87)
Follow-up median
  (from therapy, months); range37.8 (1.7–269.8)
Durie-Salmon stage (from therapy)
 I9 (9.9%)
 II11 (12.1%)
 III71 (78.0%)
Stages A-B (from therapy)
 A69 (75.8%)
 B22 (24.2%)
ISS stage (from therapy)
 122 (24.2%)
 225 (27.5%)
 344 (48.4%)
Ig isotype
 IgG58 (63.7%)
 IgA15 (16.5%)
 IgD4 (4.4%)
 IgM1 (1.1%)
 LC only13 (14.3%)
Light chains
 Kappa53 (58.2%)
 Lambda38 (41.8%)
Number of previous treatment lines
 None (first line treatment)46 (50.6%)
 Two20 (22.0%)
 More (>2)25 (27.4%)
Biochemical parameter (median; min–max)
 Haemoglobin (g/L)103.50 (66–144)
 Thrombocytes (count ×109)197.50 (27–416)
 Calcium (mmol/L)2.32 (1.47–3.64)
 Albumin (g/L)38.95 (21.1–54.1)
 Creatinine (umol/L)113.00 (54–1136)
β2-Microglobulin (mg/L)5.18 (1.8–42.16)
 Lactate dehydrogenase (ukat/L)3.80 (1.52–22.92)
 C-reactive protein (mg/L)4.20 (0–174)
 Plasma cell infiltration of bone marrow (%)39.4 (0.80–94.60)