Variables assessed in the preliminary multivariate Cox regression model included the following baseline characteristics: gender, age, race, percentage of plasma cells in the bone marrow, time since diagnosis, baseline Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, baseline disease stage, presence of worsening lytic bone lesions at baseline, β2-microglobulin, prior thalidomide, prior bortezomib, prior radiation therapy, duration of MM, whether there was presence of baseline bone lesions, and the number of prior antimyeloma therapies, including stem cell transplantation. The gene discussed is HLA-G; the disease is Miyoshi myopathy.