Table 4 Comparison of patient characteristics.

From: Chances and challenges of a long-term data repository in multiple sclerosis: 20th birthday of the German MS registry

 

German MS registry

Italian MS registry22

Danish MS registry23,24

OFSEP25

Swedish MS registry26

Female

71%

67%

69%

71%

70.3%

Age at onset (years)

33.1 ± 10.7

30.5 ± 10.5

 

32.6 ± 10.8

 

CIS

1.8%

5.6%

2.4%

12.1%

 

RRMS

75.8%

75.3%

80%

55.2%

67.5%

SPMS

15.7%

12.9%

12.7%

21.4%

24.6%

PPMS

6.7%

6.1%

4.8%

11.2%

7.9%

  1. Patients with unknown disease course are excluded.
  2. CIS clinically isolated syndrome, MS multiple sclerosis, OFSEP observatoire français de la sclérose en plaques, PPMS primary progressive MS, RRMS relapsing–remitting MS, SPMS secondary progressive MS.
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