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. 2018 Feb 1;13(2):e0191646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191646

Table 2. Association between SES and access to a second-line DMT for RRMS patients.

Factors HR [CI95%] p-value
Gender 0.4192
    Males 1.00 (Reference)  
    Females 0.88 [0.64–1.2]  
Age at disease onset 0.1139
    [6–25 years] 1.00 (Reference)  
    [26–35 years] 0.7 [0.5–0.97]  
    [36–45 years] 0.71 [0.47–1.05]
    >45 years 0.61 [0.32–1.14]
County of residence
at diagnosis
0.0005
    Manche 1.00 (Reference)  
    Calvados 0.56 [0.41–0.77]
    Orne 0.52 [0.33–0.82]
Period of diagnosis 0.0076
    1982–2000 1.00 (Reference)  
    2001–2011 1.89 [1.18–3.02]
Year of disease's onset 1.1 [1.06–1.15] < 0.0001
EDI (a) (quintiles combined) 0.0011
    Q2-Q5 1.00 (Reference)  
    Q1 1.14 [1.06–1.22]

(a) Multivariate Cox model for studying EDI effect was performed using EDI as time varying covariate that allows taking into consideration the interaction between EDI and time. (tvc function of STATA ® software).

DMT: Disease Modifying Treatment. RRMS: Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. HR: Hazard Ratio. CI: Confidence Interval. EDI: European Deprivation Index.