Table 6B.

Association between disability group (EDSS ≤ 1.5 and EDSS > 1.5) and demographical, clinical, and SC pathology measures in patients with EDSS ≤ 4.0.

Predictors	B	SE	p	OR	95% CI for OR	R2	χ2 for the block	p-value
Disease duration	0.030	0.011	0.005	1.031	1.009–1.052	0.115	98.41	<0.001
Age	0.058	0.008	<0.001	1.060	1.042–1.077
Gender	−0.172	0.142	0.227	0.842	0.637–1.113
Model 1: MUCCA, dichotomized presence of diffuse changes and presence of focal SC lesions (all variables dichotomized)
Block1: MUCCA (below) median	0.337	0.134	0.012	1.401	1.078–1.820	0.125	9.23	0.002
Block 2: +Presence of diffuse changes	0.483	0.139	<0.001	1.621	1.235–2.127	0.138	11.40	0.001
Block 3: +Presence of focal lesions	0.217	0.135	0.108	1.242	0.953–1.618	0.140	2.60	0.107
Model 2: dichotomized MUCCA, dichotomized presence of diffuse changes and absolute number of focal SC lesions
Block1: MUCCA (below) median	0.335	0.134	0.012	1.399	1.076–1.818	0.125	9.226	0.002
Block 2: +Presence of diffuse changes	0.484	0.138	<0.001	1.622	1.237–2.128	0.138	11.39	0.001
Block 3: +number of focal lesions	0.179	0.064	0.006	1.196	1.054–1.357	0.146	7.961	0.005

MUCCA, mean upper cervical cord cross-sectional area; R2, Nagelkerke R square; χ², chi square.