Table 4 Patient categories at baseline, 6 months and 12 months, and change of categories at 6 months and 12 months
Categories at 6 (±1) months | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline category | Num. of patients1 | A | B | C | D | E | Missing at 6 months2 | Category improved2 | Category worsened2 |
A | 162 (14%) | 86 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 (27%) | N.A. | 33 (20%) |
B | 434 (37%) | 61 | 210 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 141 (33%) | 61 (14%) | 13 (3%) |
C | 208 (18%) | 68 | 16 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 54 (26%) | 68 (33%) | 9 (4%) |
D | 303 (26%) | 14 | 80 | 18 | 62 | 2 | 127 (42%) | 112 (37%) | N.A. |
E | 72 (6%) | 3 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 27 (38%) | 20 (28%) | N.A. |
Missing | 3 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 1182 (100%) | 232 (20%) | 346 (29%) | 98 (8%) | 100 (8%) | 11 (1%) | 395 (33%) | 261 (26%) | 55 (7%) |
Categories at 12 (±3) months | |||||||||
Baseline category | Num. of patients 1 | A | B | C | D | E | Missing at 1 year 2 | Category improved 2 | Category worsened 2 |
A | 162 (14%) | 83 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 (30%) | N.A. | 30 (19%) |
B | 434 (37%) | 58 | 169 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 185 (43%) | 58 (13%) | 15 (3%) |
C | 208 (18%) | 62 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 86 (41%) | 62 (30%) | 3 (1%) |
D | 303 (26%) | 20 | 60 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 163 (54%) | 96 (32%) | N.A. |
E | 72 (6%) | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 37 (51%) | 23 (32%) | N.A. |
Missing | 3 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Total | 1182 (100%) | 230 (19%) | 284 (24%) | 70 (6%) | 66 (6%) | 9 (1%) | 523 (44%) | 239 (24%) | 48 (6%) |