Variable | HC | CIS | RRMS | SPMS | Test Statistic | P-value | P-valueª |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 276 | 65 | 352 | 109 | |||
Gender: % female | 60.87 | 61.54 | 64.77 | 61.47 | 2.97 | 0.81 | |
Mean Age (sd) | 46.93 (15.76) | 39.38 (10.99) | 44.17 (10.75) | 53.91 (8.69) | 23.62 | 0.00 | *** |
Mean Age at Diagnosis (sd) | NA | 36.25 (10.92) | 34.90 (9.41) | 36.21 (10.09) | 1.03 | 0.36 | |
Median EDSS (IQR) | NA | 1.50 (1–2) | 2 (3–1.5) | 6 (5–6.5) | 24.64 | 0.00 | *** |
Diease Duration: mean no. years (sd) | NA | 5.65 (3.32) | 13.1 (7.11) | 21.85 (9.10) | 83.61 | 0.00 | *** |
Range | NA | 3–20 | 2–41 | 5–45 | |||
Mean Body Mass Index (sd) | 27.31 (5.70) | 27.14 (5.86) | 27.40 (5.93) | 26.10 (6.01) | 1.35 | 0.26 | |
Employment Status % | 201.79 | 0.00 | *** | ||||
Full-time | 48.22 | 61.9 | 45.38 | 11.32 | |||
Part-time | 15.81 | 11.11 | 12.14 | 10.38 | |||
Homemaker | 3.16 | 7.94 | 3.47 | 4.72 | |||
Student | 7.91 | 4.76 | 2.02 | 0 | |||
Unemployed | 8.3 | 6.35 | 6.65 | 5.66 | |||
Retired | 13.83 | 3.17 | 6.65 | 24.53 | |||
Disabled | 0 | 3.17 | 21.97 | 41.51 | |||
Other | 2.77 | 1.59 | 1.73 | 1.89 | |||
Education % | 30.85 | 0.01 | * | ||||
High school not completed | 1.99 | 1.59 | 3.78 | 7.55 | |||
Graduated high school | 15.54 | 12.7 | 17.15 | 21.7 | |||
Some college/Associate/Technical Degree | 34.66 | 38.1 | 36.05 | 33.96 | |||
Bachelor’s degree | 25.9 | 30.16 | 23.26 | 19.81 | |||
Graduate/Post-graduate | 21.91 | 17.46 | 19.77 | 16.98 | |||
Race % | 39.52 | 0.00 | *** | ||||
Caucasian | 83.59 | 92.06 | 91.91 | 95.28 | |||
Hispanic/Latino | 1.56 | 95.24 | 2.02 | 0.94 | |||
Black/African-American | 8.59 | 98.41 | 4.91 | 2.83 | |||
Asian | 3.91 | 100 | 0.58 | 0 | |||
American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Other | 1.95 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.94 | |||
Past reserve-related Activities: Mean (sd) | 6.60 (0.13) | 6.44 (1.76) | 6.27 (2.06) | 5.75 (2.04) | 4.39 | 0.00 | *** |
Range | 2–10 | 3–10 | 2–10 | 2–10 | |||
Strenuous reserve-related Activities: Mean (sd) | 1.61 (0.078) | 0.70 (0.67) | 0.64 (0.70) | 0.36 (0.41) | 76.73 | 0.00 | *** |
Range | 0–5.42 | 0–2.83 | 0–3.23 | 0–1.8 | |||
Non-Strenuous reserve-related Activities : Mean(sd) | 5.80 (0.16) | 5.18 (2.47) | 5.36 (2.62) | 5.53 (2.84) | 1.64 | 0.18 | |
Range | 0.5–12.67 | 0–12 | 0–13.5 | 0–12.83 |