The Multiple Sclerosis Risk Sharing Scheme Monitoring Study – early results and lessons for the future

BMC Neurology

Table 3 Mean annual EDSS score change by potential prognostic factors

		Mean	N	Std. Error of Mean	Test	P
Sex	Male	0.169	783	0.031	Mann-Whitney	0.204
	Female	0.111	2399	0.018
Age at baseline	0–39	0.102	1803	0.021	Mann-Whitney	0.014
	40+	0.155	1381	0.023
Relapses in two years prior to baseline	2	0.146	1480	0.023	Kruskal-Wallis	0.878
	3	0.099	954	0.029
	4+	0.116	750	0.032
Progression rate prior to baseline (>2 reviews)	0 to 0.464	0.169	775	0.033	Mann-Whitney	0.455
	>0.464	0.213	806	0.035

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