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Baseline characteristics of patients recruited to start DMT for the first time (n = 4871) |
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| Female (%) |
3644 |
(74.9) |
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| RR MS (%) |
4176 |
(85.8) |
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| Age in years, mean (SD) |
39.3 |
(9.1) |
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| Years since diagnosis, mean (SD) |
5.2 |
(5.8) |
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| Years since onset, mean (SD) |
8.5 |
(7.4) |
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| Relapses in prior two years, mean (SD) |
2.9 |
(1.2) |
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| EDSS score, mean (SD) |
3.4 |
(1.7) |
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| DMT (%) |
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| w |
1982 |
(40.7) |
| x |
857 |
(17.6) |
| y |
1153 |
(23.7) |
| z |
878 |
(18.0) |
Pickin et al. BMC Neurology 2009 9:1 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-9-1 |
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