Table 3.

Results of proportional hazard models.

	Baseline EDSS as a covariate		Baseline EDSS as strata
	Hazard Ratio	95% CI	Hazard Ratio	95% CI
MS duration < 5y	0.855	(0.669, 1.094)	0.856	(0.669, 1.095)
Low T2.vol base	0.910	(0.718, 1.152)	0.911	(0.719, 1.154)
FTY 0.5mg	0.639	(0.470, 0.868)	0.637	(0.469, 0.866)
FTY 1.25mg	0.636	(0.465, 0.870)	0.633	(0.462, 0.866)
Avonex	0.867	(0.587, 1.281)	0.859	(0.787, 1.721)
EDSS.base=[5, 5.5]	1.218	(0.752, 1.974)
EDSS.base=[4, 4.5]	0.636	(0.416, 0.973)
EDSS.base=[3, 3.5]	0.600	(0.422, 0.854)
EDSS.base=[2, 2.5]	0.636	(0.475, 0.852)