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Table 5 Adverse events in the safety population (n = 492)

From: Clinical characteristics of middle-aged and older patients with MS treated with interferon beta-1b: post-hoc analysis of a 2-year, prospective, international, observational study

 

Number (%) of patients with AEs

 

Aged 41–50 years (n = 334)

Aged > 50 years (n = 158)

Any AE

50 (15 %)

31 (19.6 %)

Any MS-related AE

22 (6.6 %)

4 (2.5 %)

Any severe AE

11 (3.3 %)

6 (3.8 %)

Any serious AE

14 (4.2 %)

2 (1.3 %)

Any AE related to study drug

32 (9.6 %)

21 (13.3 %)

Any serious AE related to study drug

4 (1.2 %)

0 (0.0 %)

Deaths

3 (0.9 %)

2 (1.3 %)

Deaths related to study drug

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

  1. AE adverse event