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Table 2 Set of variables used in the cluster analyses

From: Response to treatment of myasthenia gravis according to clinical subtype

Patients’ backgrounds

Autoantibody status

Disease status during the worst condition

Current disease status

Sex

Age of onset

Disease duration

Presence of thymoma

Presence of thymic hyperplasia

AChR-Ab

MuSK-Ab

Non-MG-specific antibodies

One of the following:

The worst MGFA classification

The worst QMG

One of the following:

Current PIS

Current QMG

MG-QOL-15 score

  1. AChR-Ab anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody, MuSK-Ab anti-muscle specific kinase antibody, MG myasthenia gravis, MGFA MG Foundation of America, QMG quantitative MG, MG-QOL-15 15-item MG-specific quality of life scale, PIS post-intervention status