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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 135-141Publisher
ARNOLD, HODDER HEADLINE PLC
DOI: 10.1191/1352458503ms895oa
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individuality; multiple sclerosis; multivariate analysis; optic neuritis; probability
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Using multivariate analyses, individual risk of clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS) after monosymptomatic optic neuritis (MON) was quantified in a prospective study with clinical MON onset during 1990-95 in Stockholm, Sweden. During a mean follow-up time of 3.8 years, the presence of MS-like brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions and oligoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) G bands in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were strong prognostic markers of CDMS, with relative hazard ratios of 4.68 [95% confidence interval (0) 2.21-9.91] and 5.39 (95% Cl 1.56-18.61), respectively. Age and season of clinical onset were also significant predictors, with relative hazard ratios of 1.76 (95% Cl 1.02-3.04) and 2.21 (95% Cl 1.13-3.98), respectively. Based on the above two strong predictors, individual probability of CDMS development after MON was calculated in a three-quarter sample drawn from a cohort, with completion of follow-up at three years. The highest probability, 0.66 (95% Cl 0.48-0.80), was obtained for individuals presenting with three or more brain MRI lesions and oligoclonal bands in the CSF and the lowest, 0.09 (95% Cl 0.02-0.32), for those not presenting with these traits. Medium values, 0.29 (95% Cl 0.13-0.53) and 0.32 (95% Cl 0.07-0.73), were obtained for individuals discordant for the presence of brain MRI lesions and oligoclonal bands in the CSF These predictions were validated in an external one-quarter sample.
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