Fig. 1

Kaplan–Meier curves for persistence for reasons other than disease progression: a dependent on adverse events within the first 30 days, b dependent on noncompliance due to illness, c dependent on noncompliance in the past 30 days. a Kaplan-Meier curves for at least one adverse event within the first 30 days after therapy start (0 = no adverse event; 1 = any adverse event). b Kaplan-Meier curves for the question „Do you not take your medicine at all if you feel worse due to illness?” (0 = False; 1 = True). c: Kaplan-Meier curves for the question „On how many days in the past 30 days did you not take/forget to take your medicine?” (0 = 0 days; 1 = 1–10 days)