Table 1

Baseline characteristics

Parameter (% with missing data)Baseline (n = 346) median (range)/number of patients (%)Deaths within 3 mo (n = 103) median (range)/number of patients (%)P value*
Age in y (median) (0%) 66 (37-88) 68 (42-83) .02 
Monoclonal light chain (0.8%)    
 κ 73 (21) 20 .66 
 λ 274 (79) 83 .75 
 Serum monoclonal protein (including light chain band only) 270 (78) 80 (77)  
 Serum monoclonal protein >5 g/L 36 (10) 13 (12) .377 
 dFLC median (range) (mg/L) 230 (12-8140) 348 (10-8140) .002 
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) (1%) 1.3 (0.5-9.5) 1.3 (0.5-8.7) .99 
24-h Proteinuria (g/24 h) (7%) 1.7 (0-16) 1.5 (0-16) .74 
eGFR (mL/min) (1%) 49 (ESRD-152) 48 (ESRD-152)  
SBP (mm Hg) (9%) 109 (65-210) 103 (70-210) .0002 
SBP ≤100 mm Hg 93 (27) 50 (48)  
Patients with eGFR <40 mL/min 128 (37)   
NT-proBNP (ng/L) (0%) 9106 (379-216 187) 18 184 (609-179 300) .0002 
NT-proBNP >8500 ng/L 182 (52) 69 (67)  
Cardiac TnT (ng/mL) (0%) 0.1 (0.04-8.2) 0.22 (0.04-1.87)  
Cardiac TnI (ng/mL) (0%) 0.18 (0.1-12) 0.52 (0.1-8.2)  
Organ involvement*    
 Liver involvement (0.5%) 77 (22) 28 (27) .15 
 Renal involvement (0.5%) 216 (62) 64 (63) .99 
 Mean LV wall thickness (39%) 15 (5-30) 16.7 (7-30)  
 Ejection fraction (39%) 53 (12-81) 55 (27-81)  
 Soft tissue involvement (0.5%) 66 (19) 19 (18) .86 
 Peripheral neuropathy (0.5%) 56 (16) 11 (11) .88 
 Autonomic neuropathy (0.5%) 55 (16) 18 (17) .77 
 Gastrointestinal tract (0.5%) 52 (15) 12 (12) .32 
Total number of organs* (0.5%)    
 1 organ 82 (24) 28 (27) .33 
 2 organs 129 (37) 34 (33) .38 
 3 or more organs 136 (39) 40 (39) .99 
ECOG performance status (2%)    
 ≤1 132 (38) 20 (19) .0001 
 2 114 (33) 37 (36) .45 
 ≥3 95 (27) 46 (45) .0001 
NYHA class (9%)    
 NYHA class 1 50 (14) 8 (9) .02 
 NYHA class 2 84 (24) 24 (26) .89 
 NYHA class 3 or 4 182 (52) 71 (65) .0001 
Parameter (% with missing data)Baseline (n = 346) median (range)/number of patients (%)Deaths within 3 mo (n = 103) median (range)/number of patients (%)P value*
Age in y (median) (0%) 66 (37-88) 68 (42-83) .02 
Monoclonal light chain (0.8%)    
 κ 73 (21) 20 .66 
 λ 274 (79) 83 .75 
 Serum monoclonal protein (including light chain band only) 270 (78) 80 (77)  
 Serum monoclonal protein >5 g/L 36 (10) 13 (12) .377 
 dFLC median (range) (mg/L) 230 (12-8140) 348 (10-8140) .002 
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) (1%) 1.3 (0.5-9.5) 1.3 (0.5-8.7) .99 
24-h Proteinuria (g/24 h) (7%) 1.7 (0-16) 1.5 (0-16) .74 
eGFR (mL/min) (1%) 49 (ESRD-152) 48 (ESRD-152)  
SBP (mm Hg) (9%) 109 (65-210) 103 (70-210) .0002 
SBP ≤100 mm Hg 93 (27) 50 (48)  
Patients with eGFR <40 mL/min 128 (37)   
NT-proBNP (ng/L) (0%) 9106 (379-216 187) 18 184 (609-179 300) .0002 
NT-proBNP >8500 ng/L 182 (52) 69 (67)  
Cardiac TnT (ng/mL) (0%) 0.1 (0.04-8.2) 0.22 (0.04-1.87)  
Cardiac TnI (ng/mL) (0%) 0.18 (0.1-12) 0.52 (0.1-8.2)  
Organ involvement*    
 Liver involvement (0.5%) 77 (22) 28 (27) .15 
 Renal involvement (0.5%) 216 (62) 64 (63) .99 
 Mean LV wall thickness (39%) 15 (5-30) 16.7 (7-30)  
 Ejection fraction (39%) 53 (12-81) 55 (27-81)  
 Soft tissue involvement (0.5%) 66 (19) 19 (18) .86 
 Peripheral neuropathy (0.5%) 56 (16) 11 (11) .88 
 Autonomic neuropathy (0.5%) 55 (16) 18 (17) .77 
 Gastrointestinal tract (0.5%) 52 (15) 12 (12) .32 
Total number of organs* (0.5%)    
 1 organ 82 (24) 28 (27) .33 
 2 organs 129 (37) 34 (33) .38 
 3 or more organs 136 (39) 40 (39) .99 
ECOG performance status (2%)    
 ≤1 132 (38) 20 (19) .0001 
 2 114 (33) 37 (36) .45 
 ≥3 95 (27) 46 (45) .0001 
NYHA class (9%)    
 NYHA class 1 50 (14) 8 (9) .02 
 NYHA class 2 84 (24) 24 (26) .89 
 NYHA class 3 or 4 182 (52) 71 (65) .0001 

ESRD, end-stage renal disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.

*

P values calculated between patients who died within 3 months and those alive after 3 months.

Highly significant P values (bold).

TnI measured in patients from Pavia (n = 164) and TnT in all other patients.

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