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. 2023 Jul 18;13:11584. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38415-z

Table 3.

Results of the CCJM: Posterior means (Est) and 95% credible intervals (C.I.) for the parameters in the current value (CV) and current slope (CS) model.

Model components Unadjusted model DMT-adjusted model
Effects Estimates (95% C.I) Estimates (95% C.I.)
Analyses of time-to-relapses (N = 2453, D2 = 856 relapsing events)
 Clinical and environmental effects
  Sex [male]  − 0.471 (− 0.497; − 0.445)  − 0.186 (− 0.205; − 0.168)
  Log (age) at onset 0.009 (0.008; 0.010)  − 0.015 (− 0.016; − 0.013)
  Body mass index  − 0.114 (− 0.159; − 0.069) 0.374 (0.322; 0.426)
  Relapse counts 0.312 (0.303; 0.320) 0.390 (0.379; 0.402)
  T2 lesion load 0.182 (0.154; 0.210) 0.020 (0.009; 0.031)
  Vitamin D supplementation [Yes]  − 0.180 (− 0.241, − 0.118)  − 0.170 (− 0.212; − 0.129)
 Association parameters
  WS-GPI [value] 0.919 (0.892; 0.945) 1.086 (1.068; 1.104)
  WS-GPI [slope] 0.895 (0.652; 1.138) 1.207 (1.063; 1.351)
  WS-GPI [value] × DDMT (Cat. 1)  − 0.387 (− 0.542; − 0.233)
  WS-GPI [slope] × DDMT (Cat. 1)  − 0.648 (− 0.879; − 0.417)
  WS-GPI [value] × DDMT (Cat. 3)  − 0.984 (− 1.142; − 0.827)
  WS-GPI [slope] × DDMT (Cat. 3) 1.207 (1.063; 1.351)
Analyses of time-to-worsening of disability (N = 2453, D1 = 481 worsening events)
 Clinical and environmental effects
  Sex [male]  − 1.908 (− 1.948; − 1.868)  − 1.431 (− 1.472; − 1.390)
  Log (age) at onset  − 0.014 (− 0.015; − 0.013)  − 0.015 (− 0.015; − 0.014)
  Body mass index 0.025 (0.022; 0.027) 0.018 (0.017; 0.020)
  Relapse counts 0.080 (0.067; 0.094)  − 0.005 (− 0.014; 0.004)
  T2 lesion load 0.949 (0.920; 0.977) 0.613 (0.587; 0.639)
  Vitamin D supplementation [Yes]  − 0.051 (− 0.077; − 0.025)  − 0.081 (− 0.107; − 0.056)
 Association parameters
  RS-GPI [value] 1.513 (1.436; 1.589) 1.238 (1.192; 1.284)
  RS-GP [slope]  − 2.517 (− 3.259; − 1.774)  − 1.580 (− 1.880; − 1.280)
  RS-GPI [value] × DDMT (Cat. 1)  − 0.302 (− 0.365; − 0.239)
  RS-GP [slope] × DDMT (Cat. 1) 0.443 (− 0.151; 1.037)
  RS-GPI [value] × DDMT (Cat. 3)  − 0.110 (− 0.165; − 0.055)
  RS-GP [slope] × DDMT (Cat. 3) 0.365 (− 0.192; 0.922)

DDMT (Cat. 1): Duration of DMT category 1.

DDMTs (Cat. 3): Duration of DMT category 3.

WS-GPI [value]: Current value of the WS-GPI.

WS-GPI [slope]: Current slope of WS-GPI.

RS-GPI [value]: Current value of the RS-GPI.

RS-GPI [slope]: Current slope of RS-GPI.