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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mult Scler. 2022 Jan 7;28(8):1277–1285. doi: 10.1177/13524585211061861

Table 3:

Hazard ratios (HR) for new active brain lesions, relapses and time to sustained EDSS progression according to BMI categories--baseline to 60 months

<18.5 18.5–<25 25–<30 ≥30
HR(95% CI) Ref HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) P trend
New active brain lesions
All 1.11 (0.55–2.22) 1 1.18 (0.86–1.61) 1.34 (0.88–2.04) 0.14
Non-smokers 0.47 (0.18–1.23) 1 0.95 (0.62–1.45) 1.28 (0.75–2.18) 0.28
Active smokers 3.13 (1.04–9.39) 1 1.32 (0.79–2.21) 1.40 (0.70–2.79) 0.83
Relapses
All 0.71 (0.42–1.23) 1 1.12 (0.80–1.57) 1.53 (1.01–2.30) 0.03
Non-smokers 0.60 (0.28–1.28) 1 0.88 (0.56–1.38) 1.43 (0.87–2.34) 0.20
Active smokers 1.02 (0.37–2.90) 1 1.64 (0.93–2.90) 2.04 (0.99–4.19) 0.03
EDSS
All 1.16 (0.41–3.34) 1 1.09 (0.70–1.71) 0.89 (0.48–1.65) 0.82
Non-smokers 2.20 (0.56–8.6) 1 0.72 (0.36–1.42) 0.88 (0.39–1.99) 0.37
Active smokers 0.84 (0.10–6.81) 1 1.30 (0.61–2.77) 0.51 (0.15–1.71) 0.55
*

Adjusted model by age, sex, smoking status, region of residence, baseline serum levels of anti-EBV IgG antibodies, treatment allocation, treatment allocation, baseline serum 25(OH) vitamin D with seasonal correction, no. T2 lesions and brain volume at baseline, EDSS score, steroid treatment at baseline, and CIS onset type.