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Table 1 Cohort overview – demographic and clinical data per subject group

From: Subjective and objective assessment of physical activity in multiple sclerosis and their relation to health-related quality of life

  

HC

PwMS

p-value

Subjects

N

30

26

 
 

Relapsing MS

 

18

 
 

Progressive MS

 

8 (7 SPMS; 1 PPMS)

 

Sex

Male /female

10 /20

10 /16

.783

Occupational status

without employment/ working

6/23

14/12

.013*

Age (years)

Mean (±SD)

49.7 (±8.3)

50.9 (±5.2)

.522

BMI

Mean (±SD)

25.3 (±3.9)

26.0 (±3.5)

.474

Height (m)

Mean (±SD)

1.70 (±7.4)

1.71 (±6.6)

.398

Weight (kg)

Mean (±SD)

73.8 (±13.7)

76.8 (±12.9)

.588

EDSS

Median (Min-Max)

.

4.0 (1.5–6.0)

 
  1. Independent sample t-test was used for between-group comparison of age, BMI, weight and height and χ2-test was used to compare sex and occupational status. Please note that IPAQ-data and thus occupational status from 1 HC is missing. *denotes significance at level <0.05
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BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

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