Table 2.
MRC sum and ONLS scores before and after switch to SCIG.
| Patient number | MRC sum score |
ONLS score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score on IVIG pre switch | Months on SCIG until score reassessed | Score on SCIG | Change in score | Score* on IVIG pre switch | Months on SCIG until score reassessed | Score* on SCIG | Change in score | |
| 1 | 69.5 | 16 | 70.0 | 0.5 | 0 + 2 = 2 | 16 | 1 + 2 = 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 68.0 | 11 | 70.0 | 2.0 | 1 + 3 = 4 | 29 | 2 + 2 = 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 69.0 | 6 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 + 2 = 4 | 26 | 2 + 2 = 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 62.0 | – | – | – | 3 + 0 = 3 | – | – | – |
| 5 | 70.0 | 62 | 70.0 | 0 | – | 62 | 3 + 2 = 5 | – |
| 6 | 66.5 | 49 | 67.0 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | 66.0 | 11 | 66.5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | 67.0 | 20 | 68.5 | 1.5 | 2 + 0 = 2 | 26 | 2 + 0 = 2 | 0 |
| Mean (SD) | 67.3 (2.6) | 25 (22) | 68.7 (1.5) | 0.7 (0.8) | 3.0 (1.0) | 32 (18) | 3.6 (1.1) | 0.3 (0.5) |
*
ONLS expressed as upper limb subscore + lower limb subscore = total ONLS score.
IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; MRC, Medical Research Council; ONLS, Overall Neuropathy Limitation Scale; SCIG, subcutaneous immunoglobulin; SD, standard deviation.