1. Survival of Multiple Sclerosis Patients in the Belgrade Population
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Mirjana Jarebinski, Zvonimir Lević, Jelena Drulovic, Tatjana Pekmezovic, and Nebojsa Stojsavljevic
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Adult ,Male ,Multiple Sclerosis ,Adolescent ,Urban Population ,Epidemiology ,Population ,Yugoslavia ,Severity of Illness Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Statistics ,Humans ,Medicine ,Age of Onset ,education ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Multiple sclerosis ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Survival Analysis ,Disease Progression ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Value (mathematics) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Demography - Abstract
The aim of this study was to estimate survival rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the Belgrade population, Yugoslavia, and furthermore, to determine the prognostic value of some demographic and clinical variables for survival. The cumulative survival probability was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The prognostic value of different variables was assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses using the Cox regression model. In the Belgrade population, the cumulative 25-year survival probability of MS patients and the mean survival time from MS onset were 73.2% and 38 years, respectively. The univariate analysis showed that survival was significantly related to sex, age at onset, course of disease and monoregional initial symptoms. A multivariate model demonstrated that a relapsing-remitting course of MS and monoregional onset were predictors of a better prognosis. The presence of motor symptoms at the onset was found to be an independent predictor of a poorer outcome of MS.
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- 2002
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