https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Risk of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38068 p <0.001), longer disease duration (HR=1.01, p=0.038), a higher Expanded Disability Status Scale score (HR=1.30, p<0.001), more rapid disability trajectory (HR=2.82, p<0.001) and greater number of relapses in the previous year (HR=1.07, p=0.010) were independently associated with an increased risk of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Improving disability (HR=0.62, p=0.039) and disease-modifying therapy exposure (HR=0.71, p=0.007) were associated with a lower risk. Recent cerebral magnetic resonance imaging activity, evidence of spinal cord lesions and oligoclonal bands in the cerebrospinal fluid were not associated with the risk of conversion. Conclusion:Risk of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis increases with age, duration of illness and worsening disability and decreases with improving disability. Therapy may delay the onset of secondary progression.]]> Wed 24 May 2023 12:22:34 AEST ]]> Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score (MSSS) improves the accuracy of individualized prediction in MS https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51652 Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:00:03 AEST ]]> Longitudinal machine learning modeling of MS patient trajectories improves predictions of disability progression https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45667 Wed 02 Nov 2022 15:59:08 AEDT ]]> Early non-disabling relapses are important predictors of disability accumulation in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51272 Tue 29 Aug 2023 15:42:42 AEST ]]> Disability outcomes of early cerebellar and brainstem symptoms in multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49895 Tue 13 Jun 2023 15:49:48 AEST ]]> Association of Latitude and Exposure to Ultraviolet B Radiation With Severity of Multiple Sclerosis: An International Registry Study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51450 Tue 05 Sep 2023 17:56:18 AEST ]]> Effectiveness of multiple disease-modifying therapies in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: causal inference to emulate a multiarm randomised trial https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53990 Thu 25 Jan 2024 13:04:15 AEDT ]]> Confirmed disability progression as a marker of permanent disability in multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:52212 88% likely to be sustained (events with score ˃1.5). Conclusions: Clinicodemographic characteristics of 6-month confirmed disability progression events identify those at high risk of sustained long-term disability. This knowledge will allow future trials to better assess the effect of therapy on long-term disability accrual.]]> Thu 05 Oct 2023 10:22:58 AEDT ]]> Determinants of therapeutic lag in multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49695 Mon 29 May 2023 12:46:42 AEST ]]> Disability accrual in primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51685 Fri 15 Sep 2023 09:36:29 AEST ]]> Variability of the response to immunotherapy among subgroups of patients with multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51340 Fri 01 Sep 2023 13:35:50 AEST ]]>