Table 1.

Descriptive values of demographic and clinical characteristics

	Total (n = 156)	Fallers (n = 60, 38.5%)	Non-fallers (n = 96, 61.5%)	p-value
Age (years), mean ± SD	36.57 ± 11.35	41.33 ± 10.63	33.59 ± 10.15	< 0.001
Gender, n (%)				0.714
Female	114 (73.1%)	45 (75%)	69 (71.9%)
Male	42 (26.9)	15 (25%)	27 (28.1%)
EDSS (0–10), median (25th–75th percentile)	1.5 (0–2.0)	2.0 (1.5–5.5)	1.0 (0–1.5)	< 0.001
MS course, n (%)				< 0.001
Relapsing–Remitting	143 (91.7%)	47 (78.3%)	96 (100%)
Progressive	13 (8.3%)	13 (21.7%)	0 (0)
Disease duration (years), median (25th–75th percentile)	6 (2–11.38)	8 (2.13–16.75)	5 (2–10)	0.016
Number of falls, median (25th–75th percentile)	0 (0–1)	1 (2–4)	N/A	N/A
ABC (0–100), mean ± SD	75.60 ± 23.53	57.87 ± 22.49	86.68 ± 16.33	< 0.001
ABC-6 (0–100), mean ± SD	67.63 ± 28.91	46.67 ± 26.63	80.74 ± 21.71	< 0.001
SLST (sec), mean ± SD	31.11 ± 24.85	19.42 ± 23.05	38.30 ± 23.23	< 0.001
T25FW (sec), mean ± SD	8.43 ± 20.37	13.69 ± 31.72	5.15 ± 4.88	< 0.001
TUG (sec), mean ± SD	9.19 ± 8.41	12.46 ± 10.09	7.26 ± 6.54	< 0.001
TUG-Cog (sec), mean ± SD	11.47 ± 11.65	15.55 ± 14.88	9.06 ± 8.42	< 0.001
6MWT (m), mean ± SD	429.58 ± 136.76	350.25 ± 168.07	478.33 ± 82.25	< 0.001
SDMT (score), mean ± SD	47.29 ± 12.41	43.93 ± 14.07	49.44 ± 10.77	0.01

*p < 0.05; p-value of independent t-test for continuous normal distributed data (mean ± SD), Mann–Whitney U test for non-normal distributed data [median (25th–75th percentile)], or chi-square for categorical variables

SD standard deviation; EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale; ABC 16-item Activities-specific Balance Confidence; ABC-6 6-item Activities-specific Balance Confidence; SLST Single-Leg Stance Test; T25FW Timed 25-foot Walk; TUG Timed Up and Go; TUG-Cog Timed Up and Go test with cognitive task; 6MWT Six-Minute Walk Test; SDMT Symbol Digit Modalities Test