Table 3.

Characteristics of the cohort members

	Cohort members
	(N = 2,329)
Male gender	1,449 (66.1%)
Age class (years at index date)
18 - 29	1,204 (54.9%)
30 - 40	989 (45.1%)
Number of co-treatments:
0	1,446 (65.9%)
1-2	719 (32.8%)
$\ge 3$	28 (1.3%)
Clinical statusa
Good	1,065 (48.6%)
Intermediate	192 (8.8%)
Poor	936 (42.7%)
Weekly variety of treatments b: mean (SD)
No treatments	24.1 (20.2)
Low	13.1 (12.6)
Medium	10.9 (12.9)
High	3.9 (9.6)

^aClinical status was assessed by the MCS, and 3 categories were considered: good (score=0), medium (1$\le$score$\le$4), poor (score$\ge 5$);

^bTreatments are considered during the first year of follow-up