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. 2022 Aug 29;19(5):1535–1545. doi: 10.1007/s13311-022-01289-6

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariable models for “MRI activity”

Independent variable Univariate analysis Multivariable analysis*
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Sex 1.560 (0.648–3.758) 0.321
Age (years) 0.977 (0.940–1.016) 0.252
Disease duration (years) 0.901 (0.828–0.980) 0.015 0.904 (0.824–0.992) 0.034
N. of DMTs before OCR 0.794 (0.575–1.098) 0.161
EDSS score before infusion A 0.722 (0.525–0.992) 0.055
Patients with relapses in the year before infusion A 1.499 (.427–5.269) 0.528

Patients with MRI activity in the year

before infusion A

1.427 (0.579–3.521) 0.440
Time on OCR therapy (from start to infusion A, months) 1.018 (0.979–1.059) 0.370
EID 3.32 (1.127–9.970) 0.030 5.373 (1.203–24.001) 0.028

CD19 + B-cell depletion rate

before infusion A

1.428 (0.550–3.702) 0.464

CD19 + B-cell depletion rate

before infusion B

0.914 (0.306–2.735) 0.873

CD19 + B-cell depletion rate

before infusion C

0.338 (0.100–0.890) 0.045 0.197 (0.046–0.846) 0.029

OR odds ratio, DMTs disease modifying therapies, EID extended interval dosing, EDSS expanded disability status scale, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, N number, OCR ocrelizumab, SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

*R2 0.6