Table 2 Travel- and visit-related data.

		All patients	Subgroup 1^a	Subgroup 2^a	Subgroup 3^a	Subgroup 4^a
Travel distance between home and center (km)		180.6 ± 123.3	27.6 ± 14.2	27.0 ± 19.3	210.1 ± 106.9	234.8 ± 106.4
Number of in-person visits during the first year^b		3.2 ± 1.6	5.0 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 0.8	3.8 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 0.6
Number of in-person visits over five years^c		14.3 ± 5.7	19.9 ± 8.7	7.6 ± 2.7	14.5 ± 3.2	7.0 ± 1.5
Change in patient subgroup status based on change in frequency of in-person visits from one year to five years (number of patients)	Change from subgroup 1 to 2	NA	3	NA	NA	NA
	Change from subgroup 3 to 4	NA	NA	NA	19	NA
	No change	NA	16	5	34	6
	Change from subgroup 2 to 1	NA	NA	1	NA	NA
	Change from subgroup 4 to 3	NA	NA	NA	NA	2

Data are mean ± standard deviation or count.
^aPatient subgroups are the followings: Subgroup 1 = patients living close to the center and having the desired in-person visit number; Subgroup 2 = patients living close to the center and having less in-person visits than desired; Subgroup 3 = patients living far from the center and having the desired in-person visit number; and Subgroup 4 = patients living far from the center and having less in-person visits than desired.
^bBased on data of the whole study population (n = 161) and 27, 6, 74, and 54 patients in subgroups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
^cA total of 86 patients had a follow-up period of 5 years, while data of 17, 8, 36, and 25 patients could be analyzed in subgroups 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively, for the 5-year follow-up.
NA = not applicable.

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