showed a trendp = 0.063
Kaplan–Meier analysis confirmed that greater reductions in SMA significantly increased the risk of mortality (HR 5.1, 95% CI: 1.05–24.79; p = 0.025) and showed a trend toward higher risk of disease progression (HR 2.58, 95% CI: 0.89–7.49; p = 0.063).