HLA-G and neoplasm: When methylation results were analyzed for potential correlations with MM clinical pathologic characteristics including age, B2 microglobulin, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum creatinine, hemoglobin and calcium levels, type of protein, type of light chain, Salmon Durie tumor stage and cytogenetic abnormalities, no statistically significant correlations were found, except for a lower level of LDH (P = 0.01).