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Abstract
Background: The effect of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score on forecasting multiple myeloma (MM) prognosis is previously analyzed, whereas the results remained inconsistent. The present meta-analysis focused on identifying the exact function of CONUT in forecasting MM prognosis.
Methods: Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, CNKI, and Cochrane Library were comprehensively searched between inception and 1 February 2025. The effect of CONUT on forecasting MM overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) was determined by computing pooled hazard ratios (HRs) together with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Results: There were nine studies with 1,176 patients being recruited into the present work. As indicated by our pooled data, elevated CONUT was related to the dismal OS (HR = 1.87, 95% CI = 1.37-2.54, p < 0.001) of patients with MM. Nonetheless, CONUT was not significantly related to PFS (HR = 1.33, 95% CI = 0.81-2.19, p = 0.254) of MM. Furthermore, higher CONUT score showed a significant relationship to bone marrow plasma cells >30% (OR = 2.30, 95% CI = 1.32-3.99, p = 0.003). On the other hand, CONUT was not markedly correlated with gender (OR = 2.68, 95% CI = 0.81-8.82, p = 0.105), ISS stage (OR = 1.28, 95% CI = 0.94-1.75, p = 0.119), or ECOG PS (OR = 1.30, 95% CI = 0.84-2.01, p = 0.234) of MM.
Conclusion: Collectively, according to our results in this meta-analysis, higher CONUT score is markedly related to dismal OS, but not PFS in patients with MM. CONUT score can be used as a candidate marker used to predict MM prognosis in the clinic in the future.
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