Research Article
The Prognostic Role of Prothrombin Time and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
Table 1
Baseline clinical and biological characteristics of MM patients.
| Characteristics | All patients | Normal PT and APTT | Lengthened PT or APTT | value | | | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| Sex | Male | 196 (55.4) | 113 (56.5) | 83 (53.9) | 0.625 | Female | 158 (44.6) | 87 (43.5) | 71 (46.1) | Age | ≤65 years | 237 (66.9) | 138 (69.0) | 99 (64.3) | 0.350 | >65 years | 117 (33.1) | 62 (31.0) | 55 (35.7) | MM subtype | IgG | 159 (44.9) | 80 (40.0) | 79 (51.3) | 0.000 | IgA | 83 (23.4) | 34 (17.0) | 49 (31.8) | IgD | 17 (4.8) | 11 (5.5) | 6 (3.9) | Light chain only | 85 (24.0) | 69 (34.5) | 16 (10.4) | Nonsecretory | 10 (2.8) | 6 (3.0) | 4 (2.6) | Light chain | κ | 173 (50.3) | 102 (52.6) | 71 (47.3) | 0.335 | λ | 171 (49.7) | 92 (47.4) | 79 (52.7) | ISS stage | I | 46 (13.0) | 32 (16.0) | 14 (9.1) | 0.086 | II | 136 (38.4) | 79 (39.5) | 57 (37.0) | III | 172 (48.6) | 89 (44.5) | 83 (53.9) | R-ISS stage | I | 32 (10.2) | 21 (12.2) | 11 (7.7) | 0.139 | II | 220 (70.1) | 123 (71.5) | 97 (68.3) | III | 62 (19.7) | 28 (16.3) | 34 (23.9) | Serum albumin | <35 g/L | 200 (56.7) | 91 (45.7) | 109 (70.8) | 0.000 | ≥35 g/L | 153 (43.3) | 108 (54.3) | 45 (29.2) | Serum β2-microglobulin | <3.5 mg/L | 98 (29.9) | 66 (36.1) | 32 (22.1) | 0.006 | ≥3.5 mg/L | 230 (70.1) | 117 (63.9) | 113 (77.9) | Hemoglobin | <100 g/L | 235 (66.6) | 113 (56.5) | 122 (79.7) | 0.000 | ≥100 g/L | 118 (33.4) | 87 (43.5) | 31 (20.3) | Platelet | | 53 (15.0) | 21 (10.5) | 32 (20.9) | 0.007 | | 300 (85.0) | 179 (89.5) | 121 (79.1) | Serum creatinine | <88.4 μmol/L | 200 (56.7) | 119 (59.8) | 81 (52.6) | 0.176 | ≥88.4 μmol/L | 153 (43.3) | 80 (40.2) | 73 (47.4) | Corrected serum calcium | ≤2.75 mmol/L | 308 (87.3) | 179 (89.9) | 129 (83.8) | 0.084 | >2.75 mmol/L | 45 (12.7) | 20 (10.1) | 25 (16.2) | Lactate dehydrogenase | <250 U/L | 298 (84.9) | 170 (85.9) | 128 (83.7) | 0.568 | ≥250 U/L | 53 (15.1) | 28 (14.1) | 25 (16.3) | Deep and full immunoparesis | Yes | 106 (41.9) | 53 (40.2) | 53 (43.8) | 0.557 | No | 147 (58.1) | 79 (59.8) | 68 (56.2) | Cytogenetic abnormalities by FISH | del(17p13) | Abnormality | 22 (9.0) | 9 (7.0) | 13 (11.2) | 0.255 | No abnormality | 222 (91.0) | 119 (93.0) | 103 (88.8) | t(14; 16) | Abnormality | 5 (2.0) | 2 (1.6) | 3 (2.6) | 0.573 | No abnormality | 239 (98.0) | 126 (98.4) | 113 (97.4) | t(4; 14) | Abnormality | 41 (16.8) | 22 (17.2) | 19 (16.4) | 0.866 | No abnormality | 203 (83.2) | 106 (82.8) | 97 (83.6) | Induction regimes | Bortezomib based | 144 (43.5) | 75 (39.3) | 69 (49.3) | 0.192 | IMiD based | 50 (15.1) | 31 (16.2) | 19 (13.6) | Bortezomib and IMiD based | 137 (41.4) | 85 (44.5) | 52 (37.1) | ASCT | Yes | 78 (22.7) | 47 (24.0) | 31 (20.9) | 0.506 | No | 266 (77.3) | 149 (76.0) | 117 (79.1) |
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Abbreviations: PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; IMiD: immunomodulatory; ASCT: autologous stem cell transplant.
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