Research Article

Prognostic Nomogram for the Overall Survival of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Table 2

Multivariate analysis of the overall survivals of patients in the training cohort.

VariablesOverall survival
HR95% CIP

Age at diagnosis, years1.0251.001−1.0490.042
Clonal BM plasma cells1.0261.016−1.035< 0.001
Serum albumin
35 g/L
 <35 g/L1.0430.589−1.8460.885
Serum LDH
 <250 U/L
250 U/L1.7691.002−3.1240.049
Serum β2-microglobulin
 <5.5 mmol/L
 ≥5.5 mmol/L1.7091.041−2.8070.034
1q21 gain (positive vs negative)1.0910.660−1.8030.735
del (17p) (positive vs negative)3.0081.654−5.468< 0.001

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BM, bone marrow; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.