A few risk factors for multiple myeloma include3:
- Age: Risk increases as you age, and most people diagnosed with multiple myeloma are >65.
- Sex: Multiple myeloma is slightly more common in men than women.
- Race: Multiple myeloma is more than twice as common in Black people than in White people.
- Family Health History: Although most people who have multiple myeloma do not have a family history, you are more likely to develop multiple myeloma if you have a sibling or parent that was diagnosed.
- Other Plasma Cell Diseases: If you have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or solitary plasmacytoma, you have a higher risk.
- Being Overweight
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