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Table 2 Correlation of the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with MM with the expression of CT antigens

From: The clinical value of the quantitative detection of four cancer-testis antigen genes in multiple myeloma

Characteristics

 

n

MAGE-C1 (%)

MAGE-A3 (%)

MAGE-C2 (%)

SSX (%)

Age (years)

  

p = 0.36

p = 0.07

p = 0.35

p = 0.19

 

<60

84

81.0

64.3

71.4

29.8

 

60

60

86.7

78.3

78.3

20.0

Sex

  

p = 0.94

p = 0.09

p = 0.57

p = 0.06

 

Male

95

83.2

74.7

75.8

30.5

 

Female

49

83.7

61.2

71.4

16.3

ISS staging

  

p = 0.19

p = 0.02*

p = 0.97

p = 0.12

 

I

21

85.7

57.1

81.0

14.3

 

II

42

95.2

66.7

78.6

23.8

 

III

61

83.6

85.2

78.7

36.1

 

Unknown

20

    

BM-infiltrating plasma cells

  

p < 0.01*

p < 0.01*

p < 0.01*

p = 0.03*

 

<10%

64

73.4

50.0

54.7

17.2

 

≥10%

78

91.0

87.2

91.0

33.3

 

Unknown

2

    

β2-microglobulin (mg/L)

  

p = 0.19

p = 0.01*

p = 0.12

p = 0.52

 

<3.5

37

75.7

59.5

67.6

24.3

 

≥3.5

83

85.5

80.7

80.7

30.1

 

Unknown

24

    
  1. *A significant association as analyzed by the chi-square test.