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Table 1 Brain volume changes in RRMS patients treated with IFN β-1a SC tiw and HCs over time

From: Immunological and short-term brain volume changes in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis treated with interferon beta-1a subcutaneously three times weekly: an open-label two-arm trial

 

Baseline to 12 weeks

12 to 24 weeks

Baseline to 24 weeks

Patients

HCs

Patients

HCs

Patients

HCs

n (missinga)

23 (0)

15 (0)

21 (2)

14 (1)

21 (2)

14 (1)

Percent change in whole brain (%)

 Mean (SD)

–0.95 (1.712)

0.24 (1.068)

–0.08 (1.358)

–0.32 (1.500)

–0.91 (1.880)

0.01 (0.885)

 Median

–0.90

0.33

0.07

–0.02

–0.63

0.05

 Min, max

–4.7, 2.8

–2.0, 1.7

–2.8, 2.6

–3.6, 2.2

–5.1, 2.4

–1.2, 1.8

  P valueb

0.030

0.359

0.960

0.626

0.051

0.952

 Adjusted P-valueb,c

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  P-valued

0.015

0.702

0.071

 Adjusted P-valuec,d

NS

NS

NS

 Adjusted P-valuec,e

NS/NS

 

Percent change in gray matter (%)

 Mean (SD)

–1.52 (2.406)

0.01 (2.415)

–0.46 (3.109)

–0.60 (2.189)

–1.66 (1.836)

–0.51 (2.472)

 Median

–1.89

0.80

–1.20

–0.72

–1.24

–1.31

 Min, max

–6.3, 2.3

–3.7, 3.7

–6.3, 9.4

–4.4, 2.5

–5.9, 1.7

–4.5, 5.1

  P-valueb

0.004

0.934

0.176

0.426

<0.001

0.268

 Adjusted P-valueb,c

0.0286

NS

NS

NS

0.0016

NS

  P-valued

0.093

0.778

0.342

 Adjusted P-valuec,d

NS

NS

NS

 Adjusted P-valuec,e

NS/NS

 

Percent change in white matter (%)

 Mean (SD)

–0.41 (2.159)

0.51 (1.940)

0.30 (2.991)

–0.03 (1.985)

–0.21 (3.202)

0.58 (2.461)

 Median

–0.63

0.69

0.93

0.50

0.08

0.95

 Min, max

–5.4, 3.5

–5.1, 3.0

–6.5, 7.4

–3.4, 2.7

–5.9, 8.4

–4.5, 3.6

  P-valueb

0.390

0.107

0.626

0.952

0.933

0.463

 Adjusted P-valueb,c

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

  P-valued

0.093

0.630

0.309

 Adjusted P-valuec,d

NS

NS

NS

 Adjusted P-valuec,e

NS/NS

 
  1. aFailed analysis or missing MRI at Week 24
  2. bFor the difference from zero within groups from the Wilcoxon signed-rank test
  3. cAdjusted for multiple comparisons with the Holm-Bonferroni correction; NS denotes adjusted P-values ≥ 0.05
  4. dFor the difference between IFN β-1a SC tiw and HCs from the Wilcoxon rank-sum test
  5. eFor the difference between the first 12 weeks and the second 12 weeks within groups from the Wilcoxon signed-rank test (P-value for patients/HCs)
  6. GM gray matter, HC healthy control; max: maximum; min: minimum, NS non-significant, SD standard deviation