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. 2012 Jul 30;7(7):e41910. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041910

Table 2. Anxiety and depression levels in people with MS.

Categories Anxiety and Depression
Normal Mild Moderate Severe Total
< = 7 8–11 12–15 >15
Anxiety levels
Gender
Male: No. 649 277 254 67 1247
% 52.0 22.2 20.4 5.4 100.0
Female: No. 1319 801 749 171 3040
% 43.4 26.3 24.6 5.6 100.0
Depression levels
Gender:
Male: No. 621 285 284 68 1258
% 49.4 22.7 22.6 5.4 100.0
Female: No. 1658 655 621 98 3032
% 54.7 21.6 20.5 3.2 100.0
Anxiety levels
MS type
Primary progressive: No. 321 144 109 33 607
% 52.9 23.7 18.0 5.4 100.0
Relapsing-remitting: No. 1137 676 670 132 2615
% 43.5 25.9 25.6 5.0 100.0
Secondaryprogressive: No. 192 97 83 26 398
% 48.2 24.4 20.9 6.5 100.0
Don’t know: No. 290 147 131 45 613
% 47.3 24.0 21.4 7.3 100.0
Depression levels
MS type:
Primary progressive: No. 314 145 124 29 612
% 51.3 23.7 20.3 4.7 100.0
Relapsing-remitting: No. 1,443 557 521 80 2601
% 55.5 21.4 20.0 3.1 100.0
Secondaryprogressive: No. 171 89 117 20 397
% 43.1 22.4 29.5 5.0 100.0
Don’t know: No. 329 132 132 32 625
% 52.6 21.1 21.1 5.1 100.0
Anxiety levels
Depression levels:
Normal: No. 1415 498 251 23 2187
% 64.7 22.8 11.5 1.1 100.0
Mild: No. 316 274 265 37 892
% 35.4 30.7 29.7 4.1 100.0
Moderate: No. 143 227 382 107 859
% 16.6 26.4 44.5 12.5 100.0
Severe: No. 13 21 60 58 152
% 8.6 13.8 39.5 38.2 100.0

Anxiety and depression levels by gender and type of MS are shown, and anxiety and depression levels are compared.