Table 4 Longer-term disability and disease severity of the study cohort.
Chinese (n = 90) | Malay (n = 32) | South Asian (n = 66) | Total (n = 188) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conversion to SPMS (from RRMS) (%)a | |||||
Yes | 17 (20.7) | 6 (18.8) | 10 (15.9) | 33 (18.6) | |
No | 65 (79.3) | 26 (81.3) | 53 (84.1) | 144 (81.4) | 0.763 |
Total duration of MS in years, median (Q1, Q3) | 10.1 (5.28, 15.7) | 10.4 (6.83, 13.2) | 9.30 (5.37, 13.0) | 10.0 (5.56, 15.6) | 0.641 |
Total number of relapses, median (Q1, Q3)a | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 4.0 (2.0, 8.0) | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 3.0 (2.0, 5.8) | 0.407 |
Reached EDSS 6.0 (%) | |||||
Yes | 25 (27.8) | 8 (25.0) | 14 (21.2) | 47 (25.0) | |
No | 65 (72.2) | 24 (75.0) | 52 (78.8) | 141 (75.0) | 0.646 |
MSSS, median (Q1, Q3) | 2.3 (1.1, 6.6) | 1.8 (0.7, 3.6) | 2.4 (1.1, 4.8) | 2.2 (1.0, 5.4) | 0.495 |
