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Table 1 Patient characteristics at HAM-net enrollment

From: Clinical course of neurogenic bladder dysfunction in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a nationwide registry study in Japan

Characteristic

All (n = 547)

BDSG 0 (n = 44)

BDSG I (n = 358)

BDSG II (n = 127)

BDSG III (n = 18)

Age at enrollment (years), mean (SD)

61.9 (10.7)

57.5 (13.9)

61.7 (10.4)

63.2 (9.9)

68.5 (9.6)

Age at disease onset (years), mean (SD)

45.3 (14.8)

46.3 (15.0)

45.2 (14.1)

44.0 (16.0)

53.4 (15.7)

Disease duration (years), mean (SD)

16.6 (11.6)

11.1 (8.5)

16.4 (11.2)

19.2 (12.7)

14.3 (11.7)

Female sex, n (%)

408 (74.6%)

31 (70.5%)

259 (72.3%)

103 (81.1%)

15 (83.3%)

OMDS, median (IQR)

5.0 (4–6)

4.0 (2–5)

5.0 (4–6)

6.0 (5–8)

10.0 (6–12)

Urinary symptom score

     

HAM-BDSS

     

Total score, mean (SD)

16.0 (10.1)

6.9 (6.6)

19.1 (9.1)

10.3 (9.6)

–

median (IQR)

16.0 (7–24)

7.0 (1–9.8)

19.0 (13–26)

8.5 (2–17.8)

–

Storage symptom score, mean (SD)

7.6 (5.3)

3.3 (2.8)

8.7 (5.1)

6.0 (5.4)

–

Median (IQR)

7.0 (3–12)

3.0 (1–5)

9.0 (5–13)

4.0 (1.3–10)

–

Voiding symptom score, mean (SD)

8.0 (6.7)

3.6 (4.9)

10.3 (6.2)

4.3 (6.0)

–

Median (IQR)

7.0 (1–15)

1.0 (0–5.8)

10.0 (5–15)

0 (0–8)

–

I-PSS, mean (SD)

13.5 (9.1)

6.1 (5.7)

16.5 (8.2)

8.0 (8.4)

–

Median (IQR)

13.0 (5–21)

6.0 (1–8)

17.0 (10–23)

4.0 (1–15)

–

OABSS, mean (SD)

6.0 (4.1)

2.7 (2.5)

6.7 (4.0)

5.0 (4.2)

–

Median (IQR)

6.0 (2–9)

2.5 (1–4)

7.0 (3–10)

4.0 (2–8)

–

ICIQ-SF, mean (SD)

6.0 (6.1)

2.3 (4.3)

6.6 (6.0)

5.7 (6.3)

6.5 (7.5)

Median (IQR)

5.0 (0–11)

0 (0–3)

7.0 (0–11)

3.5 (0–11)

6.0 (0–13.5)

Steroid therapy, n (%)

235 (43.0%)

13 (29.5%)

167 (46.6%)

48 (37.8%)

7 (38.9%)

Medication for urinary dysfunction, n (%)

186 (34.0%)

0 (0.0%)

145 (40.5%)

38 (29.9%)

3 (16.7%)

α1 adrenergic-receptor antagonists, n (%)

68 (12.4%)

0 (0.0%)

60 (16.8%)

8 (6.3%)

0 (0.0%)

β3-adrenoceptor agonists, n (%)

31 (5.7%)

0 (0.0%)

27 (7.5%)

4 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Anticholinergics, n (%)

62 (11.3%)

0 (0.0%)

43 (12.0%)

19 (15.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Cholinergic agonists, n (%)

27 (4.9%)

0 (0.0%)

23 (6.4%)

4 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Others, n (%)

34 (6.2%)

0 (0.0%)

22 (6.1%)

9 (7.1%)

3 (16.7%)

  1. Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation), median (interquartile range), or number (proportion)
  2. HAM-BDSG, HAM/TSP-bladder dysfunction severity grade; HAM-BDSS, HAM/TSP-bladder dysfunction symptom score