Research Article

Prediction of Solitary Plasmacytoma of Bone in Elderly Patients: A Nomogram and a Risk Classification System for Overall Survival

Table 1

Patient cohort characteristics.

Variables (%)Training cohort ()Validation cohort ()

Age, year
 60-70394 (47.6)170 (48.3)
 71-82319 (38.5)137 (38.9)
 >82115 (13.9)45 (12.8)
Sex
 Female324 (39.1)145 (41.2)
 Male504 (60.9)207 (58.8)
Race
 Black117 (14.1)36 (10.2)
 White656 (79.2)301 (85.5)
 Others55 (6.6)15 (4.3)
Marital status
 No271 (32.7)130 (36.9)
 Yes557 (67.3)222 (63.1)
Primary site
 Trunk624 (75.4)284 (80.7)
 Extremities129 (15.6)41 (11.6)
 Facial/skull bone75 (9.1)27 (7.7)
Grade
 I/II11 (1.3)1 (0.3)
 III/IV15 (1.8)6 (1.7)
 Pre-B cell802 (96.9)345 (98.0)
Stage
 Localized683 (82.5)291 (82.7)
 Distant145 (17.5)61 (17.3)
Surgery
 No646 (78.0)282 (80.1)
 Yes182 (22.0)70 (19.9)
Chemotherapy
 No666 (80.4)278 (79.0)
 Yes162 (19.6)74 (21.0)
Radiotherapy
 No187 (22.6)87 (24.7)
 Yes641 (77.4)265 (75.3)