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Table 5 Side effects: logistic regression analyses

From: The real-world patient experience of fingolimod and dimethyl fumarate for multiple sclerosis

Side effect

Univariable results

Multivariable resultsa

Odds ratio CDMF vs CF

95 % CI

p value

Odds ratio CDMF vs CF

95 % CI

p value

Any side effect

7.11

3.45, 14.62

<0.001

7.49

3.54, 15.86

<0.001

Abdominal pain

14.16

3.77, 53.27

<0.001

15.79

4.20, 59.41

<0.001

Flushing

12.92

6.12, 27.25

<0.001

12.51

5.85, 26.76

<0.001

Nausea

3.28

1.45, 7.40

0.004

3.16

1.38, 7.24

0.007

Flu-like symptoms

3.22

0.81, 12.84

0.097

3.02

0.77, 11.82

0.112

Diarrhea

2.22

1.03, 4.77

0.041

2.30

1.06, 5.00

0.035

Cough

1.33

0.51, 3.48

0.563

1.32

0.50, 3.44

0.574

Vomiting

1.24

0.40, 3.89

0.712

1.26

0.41, 3.91

0.683

Back pain

1.00

0.34, 2.91

0.995

0.94

0.33, 2.72

0.915

Headache

0.85

0.43, 1.67

0.635

0.87

0.43, 1.73

0.687

  1. aCovariates: age (continuous), gender (male/female), and Total MSRS-R score (continuous)