Research Article

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

Table 3

The C-indices for the nomogram and the five currently used staging systems for multiple myeloma to predict overall survival in patients.

Staging systemsTraining cohortValidation cohort
C-index95% CIC-index95% CI

Nomogram0.7490.693−0.8050.7110.650−0.772
ISS0.5760.515−0.6370.6370.553−0.720
R-ISS0.6250.567−0.6830.6510.566−0.736
D-S0.5670.510−0.6240.5290.446−0.612
mSMART0.5830.524−0.6420.6200.532−0.708
IMWG0.5130.453−0.5730.5780.484−0.672

Abbreviations: C-index, index of concordance; CI, confidence interval; ISS, International Staging System; R-ISS, Revised-International Staging System; D-S, Durie-Salmon Staging System; mSMART, Mayo Stratification of Myeloma and Risk-Adapted Therapy; IMWG, International Myeloma Working Group risk stratification.