Table 1 Baseline characteristics: a national cohort of patients with myasthenia gravis vs. matched references
Myasthenia gravis, n = 330 | Matched references; n = 6600 | |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics | ||
Age, m (sd) | 42.7 (13.0) | 42.7 (13.0) |
Male, n (%) | 130 (39.4) | 2600 (39.4) |
Profession, n (%) | ||
Employer/director | 31 (9.4) | 620 (9.4) |
Employee | 240 (72.7) | 4800 (72.7) |
Not employed | 57 (17.3) | 1140 (17.3) |
Pension/early retirement | 2 (0.6) | 40 (0.6) |
Marital status, n (%) | ||
Married/registered partnership | 197 (59.7) | 3712 (56.2) |
Not married/registered partnership | 130 (39.4) | 2885 (43.7) |
Missing | 3 (0.9) | 3 (<0.1) |
Pharmacological treatment, n (%) | ||
AChEI | 158 (47.9) | – |
AChEI+ | 172 (52.1) | – |
Prior sick leave (1 year), n (%) | ||
0 weeks | 190 (57.6) | 5851 (88.7) |
1–8 weeks | 80 (24.2) | 477 (7.2) |
9–52 weeks | 60 (18.2) | 272 (4.1) |
Time period | ||
1/1 1997–1/6 2008 | 249 (75.5) | 4980 (75.5) |
2/6 2008–31/12 2011 | 81 (24.6) | 1620 (24.6) |