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Table 1 Baseline patient demographics, disease characteristics and treatment history.

From: Patient-rated suitability of a novel electronic device for self-injection of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a in relapsing multiple sclerosis: an international, single-arm, multicentre, Phase IIIb study

Characteristic

 

Intent-to-treat population

Age, years

n (missing)

106 (0)

 

Mean (SD)

41.7 (9.3)

 

Median (range)

40.2 (23-63)

Sex, n (%)

Male

41 (38.7)

 

Female

65 (61.3)

Race, n (%)

White

103 (97.2)

 

Black

1 (0.9)

 

Other

2 (1.9)

IFN beta-1a (sc) treatment before switching to new formulation of IFN beta-1a (sc)

n (missing)

106 (0)

 

Yes

97 (91.5)

 

No

9 (8.5)

Time from first IFN beta-1a (sc) treatment, years

n (missing)

97 (0)

 

Mean (SD)

3.76 (2.54)

 

Median (range)

3.20 (0.4-14.8)

Time from first IFN beta-1a (sc) treatment, n (%)

<6 months

3 (3.1)

 

6 months-1 year

8 (8.2)

 

1-2 years

16 (16.5)

 

>2 years

70 (72.2)

Time from first treatment with new formulation of IFN beta-1a (sc), years

n (missing)

105 (1)

 

Mean (SD)

0.73 (0.38)

 

Median (range)

0.61 (0.2-1.4)

EDSS score

n (missing)

106 (0)

 

Mean (SD)

2.2 (1.57)

 

Median (range)

2.0 (0.0-6.5)

EDSS category, n (%)

0-<1

11 (10.4)

 

1-<2

34 (32.1)

 

1-<3

33 (31.1)

 

3-<4

13 (12.3)

 

4-<5

6 (5.7)

 

5-<6

1 (0.9)

 

≥6

8 (7.5)

  1. EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; IFN, interferon; sc, subcutaneous; SD, standard deviation.