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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

From: Comorbidity and metabolic syndrome in patients with multiple sclerosis from Asturias and Catalonia, Spain

 

EDSS

0–3.5

n = 152

EDSS

4.0–10

n = 70

Total

n = 222

p-value

Mean age, years (SD)

42.5 (11.5)

52.2 (12.2)

45.5 (12.5)

<0.001

Gender, female, %

68.4

65.7

64.4

0.292

Mean time since diagnosis, years (SD)

10.5 (7.6)

19.8 (10.2)

13.4 (9.5)

<0.001

MS type, %

 RRMS

74.3

35.7

62.2

<0.001

 SPMS

13.8

50.0

25.2

<0.001

 PPMS

7.2

14.3

9.5

0.094

 CIS

4.6

0.0

3.2

0.001

Overall comorbidity, mean (SD)

 Number of comorbidities

4.5 (2.7)

6.0 (3.3)

5.0 (3.0)

0.001

 Charlson Index

0.7 (0.6)

1.0 (0.7)

0.8 (0.6)

0.005

 RUBs

2.9 (0.8)

3.2 (0.7)

3.0 (0.8)

0.003

Comorbid diagnoses, %

 Depression

34.2

28.6

32.4

0.404

 Dyslipidaemia

25.7

42.9

31.1

0.010

 Hypertension

17.8

34.3

23.0

0.007

 Obesity

22.4

22.9

22.5

0.935

 Active smoking

16.4

12.9

15.3

0.490

 Neoplasm

9.2

15.7

11.3

0.154

 COPD

6.6

14.3

9.0

0.062

 Diabetes mellitus

6.6

10.0

7.7

0.373

 Asthma

7.9

2.9

6.3

0.151

 Ischemic stroke

4.6

8.6

5.9

0.242

 Alcoholism

3.9

5.7

4.5

0.555

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy

2.6

8.6

4.5

0.047

  1. CIS Clinically Isolated Syndrome; COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS Multiple Sclerosis; PPMS Primary Progressive MS; RRMS Relapsing-Remitting MS; RUBs Resource Utilization Bands; SD Standard Deviation; SPMS Secondary Progressive MS