Table 1.
Disability measured as EDSS during spinal attacks stratified with basal impairment. St: steroid-only-treated group; St + PE: steroid- and PE-treated group. Values are given as mean (SD) (from [37]).
| Basal EDSS (null) | Basal EDSS (1.0 to 5.5) | Basal EDSS (≥6.0) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St | St + PE | P | St | St + PE | P | St | St + PE | P | |
| (n = 17) | (n = 7) | (n = 26) | (n = 13) | (n = 24) | (n = 9) | ||||
| Basal EDSS | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.99 | 3.9 (0.8) | 3.9 (1.6) | 0.59 | 7.4 (1.0) | 7.1 (0.8) | 0.52 |
| Acute EDSS | 7.1 (1.5) | 7.6 (1.2) | 0.52 | 7.6 (1.3) | 7.6 (1.1) | 0.67 | 8.9 (0.9) | 8.6 (0.6) | 0.24 |
| Residual EDSS | 5.9 (1.9) | 2.1 (1.9) | <0.01 | 5.8 (1.6) | 5.1 (1.1) | 0.21 | 8.5 (1.1) | 7.6 (1.0) | 0.05 |
| ΔEDSS | 5.9 (1.9) | 2.1 (1.9) | <0.01 | 2.0 (1.5) | 1.2 (1.6) | 0.10 | 1.1 (0.8) | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.11 |