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. 2024 Dec 13;15:1515481. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1515481

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

N = 106
Gender, n (%)
Female

64 (60.3)
Mean age (years) ± SD (range), years 46.6 ± 12.5 (30–78)
Countries, n (%)
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Others*

30 (28.3)
21 (19.2)
13 (12.2)
42 (40.3)
Years post-graduation, mean ± SD (range) 13.7 ± 11 (3–45)
For how many years following completion of your training have you cared for patients with NMOSD?, mean ± SD (range), years 8 ± 3 (1–24)
Practice type, n (%)
Academic medical center
Individual private practice
Group private practice
Other

45 (37.2)
34 (28.1)
32 (26.4)
10 (8.3)
Percentage of your professional time involved in clinical activities, n (%)
25% or less
26%–50%
51%–75%
Greater than 75%

17 (16.1)
20 (18.8)
59 (55.6)
10 (9.5)
Percentage of the patients for which you provide ongoing care have:
NMOSD or CNS inflammatory disease other than MS, n (%)
1%–5%
6%–15%
16%–30%
Greater than 30%
MS, n (%)
25% or less
26%–50%
51%–75%
Greater than 75%


36 (33.9)
35 (33.1)
21 (19.8)
14 (14.2)

37 (34.9)
34 (32.1)
18 (16.9)
17 (16.1)
Estimate number of new NMOSD diagnoses per year, mean ± SD (range) 7.1 ± 18.3 (1–50)

*All included countries are shown in the Supplementary Materials .

Correct answers are shown in bold.