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Table 3 Multivariable predictors of early progression in optic neuromyelitis (negative binomial regression)

From: Clinical and prognostic aspects of patients with the Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) from a cohort in Northeast Brazil

Variable

Relative risk

95% confidence interval

P-value

Optic neuritis at first syndrome

0.45

0.23 – 0.88

0.020

Area postrema involvement

6.70

3.31 – 13.54

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia

0.40

0.20 – 0.83

0.014

Depression

1.14

0.56 – 2.32

0.702

Age at onset (years)

1.03

1.01 – 1.05

0.003

Delay until diagnosis (> 12 m)

1.14

0.56 – 2.30

0.712