Skip to main content

Table 3 Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics between patients with and without MRI changes on routine scans

From: MRI utility in the detection of disease activity in clinically stable patients with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective analysis of a community based cohort

 

With change (n = 73)

Without change (n = 363)

p

Age, years

50.15

53.43

0.023

Female, %

82.4

82

0.929

MS Pattern, %

  

0.172

 Relapsing Remitting MS

97.3

93.1

 Clinically Isolated Syndrome

2.7

6.9

Duration of Disease, years

11.39

12.17

0.424

Current DMT, %

  

0.584

 IFNB-1a

81.1

76.3

 IFNB-1b

2.7

1.4

 GA

16.2

22.3

Yeas of Current DMT Use, mean

5.55

6.06

0.53

  1. Abbreviations: DMT disease modifying therapy, IFNB interferon beta, GA glatiramer acetate