showed a trendp < 0.10
However, both relapses during pregnancy, and not exclusively breastfeeding, showed a trend toward increased odds of new Gd+ lesions in the first trimester postpartum (0.05 < p < 0.10).
However, both relapses during pregnancy, and not exclusively breastfeeding, showed a trend toward increased odds of new Gd+ lesions in the first trimester postpartum (0.05 < p < 0.10).
In sensitivity analyses, excluding pregnancies before 2010 did not affect the results; however, excluding pregnancies in women treated with fingolimod or natalizumab before conception (N = 24) resulted in a lower ARR (0.50 [0.30–0.82]) in the first trimester postpartum; this did not reach statistical significance compared with the year prepregnancy ( p = 0.12).