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Table 3 Skin status at one-year follow-up examination

From: The prevalence of injection-site reactions with disease-modifying therapies and their effect on adherence in patients with multiple sclerosis: an observational study

 

IM IFNβ-1a

(n = 73)

SC IFNβ-1b

(n = 104)

SC IFNβ-1a

(n = 154)

SC GA

(n = 14)

Overall

(N = 345)

Necrosis, n (%)

0 (0)

5 (4.8)

5 (3.2)

0 (0)

10 (2.9)

Number of occurrences

     

   1

0

3/5 (60.0)

2/5 (40.0)

0

5/10 (50.0)

   2

0

1/5 (20.0)

2/5 (40.0)

0

3/10 (30.0)

   Unknown

0

1/5 (20.0)

1/5 (20.0)

0

2/10 (20.0)

Severity

     

   Mild

0

3/5 (60.0)

1/5 (20.0)

0

4/10 (40.0)

   Moderate

0

0

3/5 (60.0)

0

3/10 (30.0)

   Severe

0

1/5 (20.0)

0

0

1/10 (10.0)

   Unknown

0

1/5 (20.0)

1/5 (20.0)

0

2/10 (20.0)

Lipoatrophy, n (%)

0 (0)a

9 (8.7)

23 (15.0)b

1 (7.1)

33 (9.6)

Number of occurrences

     

   1

0

3/9 (33.3)

4/23 (17.4)

0

7/33 (21.2)

   2

0

2/9 (22.2)

11/23 (47.8)

1/1 (100)

14/33 (42.4)

   3

0

3/9 (33.3)

3/23 (13.0)

0

6/33 (18.2)

   4

0

0

1/23 (4.3)

0

1/33 (3.0)

   ≥5

0

1/9 (11.1)

3/23 (13.0)

0

4/33 (12.1)

   Unknown

0

0

1/23 (4.3)

0

1/33 (3.0)

Severity

     

   Mild

0

6/9 (66.7)

11/23 (47.8)

0

17/33 (51.5)

   Moderate

0

2/9 (22.2)

6/23 (26.1)

1/1 (100)

9/33 (27.3)

   Severe

0

1/9 (11.1)

1/23 (4.3)

0

2/33 (6.1)

   Unknown

0

0

5/23 (21.7)

0

5/33 (15.2)

  1. a P = 0.011 vs SC IFNβ-1b; P < 0.0001 vs SC IFNβ-1a.
  2. bLipoatrophy status was not collected for 1 SC IFNβ-1a patient (n = 153).