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. 2018 Aug 5;2018:8413096. doi: 10.1155/2018/8413096

Table 2.

Characteristics of combination answer selections for Scenarios A-C.

N Overall % if no specialty difference Rheum % Neph % p-value of specialty difference
Scenario A 122
Cyclophosphamide 77 36.4 63.6 p=0.0114
 + IV/PO Steroid 71 92.2
 + Rituximab 26 61.5 38.5 p=0.001
 + Plasmapheresis 14 19.5
 + Rituximab + Plasmapheresis 9 11.7
Rituximab without Cyclophosphamide 39 60
 + IV/PO Steroid 36 92.3
 + IV/PO Steroid + Plasmapheresis 6 15.4
IV/PO Steroid without Cyclophosphamide, Rituximab, or Plasmapheresis 6 0 100 p<0.0001

Scenario B
My preferences would be different than that chosen in Scenario A
75 61.5
Cyclophosphamide 61 81.3
 + IV/PO Steroid 52 85.3
 + Rituximab 23 65.2 34.8 p=0.0185
 + Plasmapheresis 40 65.6
 + Rituximab + Plasmapheresis 17 27.8
Rituximab without Cyclophosphamide 7 9.3
 + IV/PO Steroid 0 0
 + IV/PO Steroid + Plasmapheresis 7 100
Plasmapheresis without Cyclophosphamide or Rituximab 6 0 100 p<0.0001
Other i 1 1.3

Scenario C
My preferences would be different than that chosen in Scenario A
72 47.2 67.7 p=0.0232
Cyclophosphamide 45 63.4
 + IV/PO Steroid 40 88.9
 + Rituximab 16 35.6
 + Plasmapheresis 40 88.9
 + Rituximab + Plasmapheresis 13 32.5
Rituximab without Cyclophosphamide 13 18.3
 + IV/PO Steroid 12 92.3
 + IV/PO Steroid + Plasmapheresis 10 83.3
Plasmapheresis without Cyclophosphamide or Rituximab 11 13.4
Other ii 3 4.1

iOne subject chose ‘other' but did not describe treatment in free text.

iiOne subject chose ‘other' but did not describe treatment in free text; two did not select any option.