Table 4.
Associations of disease course and attack properties with disease severity
| Total | Chronic | Mild-moderate | Advanced-accelerated | Aggressive-malignant | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery | Complete | 236 | 37 (94.9) | 128 (88.3) | 48 (60.8) | 23 (42.6) | < 0.001 |
| Incomplete | 46 | 2 (5.1) | 12 (8.3) | 22 (27.8) | 10 (18.5) | ||
| No recovery | 35 | 0 (0) | 5 (3.4) | 9 (11.4) | 21 (38.9) | ||
| Progression | Relapsing-remitting | 222 | 39 (100.0) | 139 (92.1) | 38 (42.2) | 6 (10.5) | < 0.001 |
| Secondary progressive | 71 | 0 (0) | 6 (4.0) | 38 (42.2) | 27 (47.4) | ||
| Primary progressive | 33 | 0 (0) | 4 (2.6) | 9 (10.0) | 20 (35.1) | ||
| Progressive-remitting | 11 | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 5 (5.6) | 4 (7.0) |
*
Based on Kruskal-Wallis test