Table 2.

Adjusted† mean scores and differences in overall and single attribute utility scores for respondents with and without MS

	MS	General Population	Mean Difference (95% CI)
Overall HUI3 score	0.58	0.84	0.25 (0.20 – 0.31)*
Vision	0.94	0.96	0.03 (0.01 – 0.05)*
Hearing	0.99	0.99	0.00 (-0.01 – 0.004)
Speech	0.99	1.00	0.01 (-0.003 – 0.006)
Ambulation	0.72	0.98	0.26 (0.20 – 0.32)*
Dexterity	0.93	1.00	0.06 (0.03 – 0.10)*
Emotion	0.92	0.95	0.03 (0.01 – 0.05)*
Cognition	0.89	0.94	0.05 (0.02 – 0.09)*
Pain	0.77	0.91	0.14 (0.09 – 0.19)*

† Adjusted for age, sex, education, marital status, social assistance, and number of medical conditions other than MS

* p < 0.05 based on the Bootstrap Variance Estimate for between groups difference after adjusting for covariates.